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Cool Science: How Kurt Vonnegut's Brother Tried To Break Up Hurricanes
Kurt Vonnegut’s science-fiction novel “Cat’s Cradle” revolves around a tricky compound called ice-nine that can turn water solid at room temperature. Vonnegut, who worked for GE in the 1950s as an in-house journalist, came up with many beautifully outlandish plots for his best-selling books. But ice research was hitting close to his beat as well as his home.
History
Kurt’s Cradle: Kurt Vonnegut was GE’s PR Man Before Becoming a Bestselling Author
Before Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote the bestsellers "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Cat’s Cradle," he lived near Schenectady, New York, and worked as a GE publicist. According to Vonnegut’s biographer Charles J.