Sharon Weinberger and Nathan Hodge have just released their new book, A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry (Bloomsbury, 2008).
The book, and an interview with Sharon and Nathan, was posted on-line by WIRED blogger Noah Shachtman at the DANGER ROOM blog:
While the rest of us were sightseeing or lounging at the beach, Sharon Weinberger and her defense reporter husband, Nathan Hodge, spent their last two years' worth of comp time and sick days visiting Iran's uranium enrichment plant, West Virginia's secret nuclear bunker, and the A-bombed-out Marshall Islands. The result, A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry, was released today by Bloomsbury Press. Sharon, Nathan, and I chatted about the book.
Sharon Weinberger is a senior reporter for Wired’s national security blog, Danger Room and the co-author of A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry (Bloomsbury, 2008). Most recently, she was the founding editor-in-chief of Defense Technology International, a monthly magazine published by McGraw Hill’s Aviation Week Group. She has also written on science and technology for the Washington Post Magazine, Slate, Nature, Discover, and Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Weinberger’s first book, Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon’s Scientific Underworld (Nation Books, 2006), is an exploration of the military’s fascination with fringe science. Imaginary Weapons details the Pentagon’s attempt to build the isomer bomb, a hypothetical weapon based on a radioactive material called hafnium.
Prior to her career in journalism, Weinberger worked as a defense analyst for System Planning Corporation (SPC), a research organization focused on national security. While at SPC, Weinberger wrote a number of reports for the Pentagon on subjects ranging from arms export policy to the Department of Defense laboratory system. She also co-authored Toward a Fortress Europe, a study published in 2000 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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