One Man's Quest for Knowledge
"The
Hunt for Zero Point" begins with Nick Cook's quest
for knowledge into the realm of antigravity technology and
follows his research into the history of the technology
and the people who developed it.
Cook's
interest in Antigravity began when he stumbled across an
article on antigravity technology written in the 1950's
that proclaimed a solution to the problem of generating
antigravity within a matter of a few years. According to
the article, several major aerospace firms were working
on the problem, and coming up with preliminary results to
support this new form of airborne transportation in the
near future.
As
a writer for Jane's Defense Review, Cook was amazed at the
scope of research into Antigravity cited in this 1950's
article, and surprised that within less than 2 years all
mention of this research had disappeared.
Cook
is an experienced reporter, and his news-beat covers the
military aviation industry. The mysterious article and lack
of follow-up publications on the subject from the 1950's
led him to suspect that perhaps the Antigravity research
had been co-opted into one of the so-called "black
projects" used for classified military development
such as in the case of the stealth fighter.
US Classified Research
One
of the highly-valuable aspects of "The Hunt for Zero
Point" is that it is written from the perspective of
an outsider -- from the viewpoint of journalist Nick Cook
as he struggled to put together pieces of a mystery to discover
how far these Antigravity researchers had gotten towards
completing their goal of electromagnetic & antigravitational
flight.
Cook
doesn't approach an explanation of Antigravity technology
as most writers would -- instead, he puts the pieces together
one at a time for the reader, providing a continuity of
research that draws the reader in and provides a very thorough
and intricate understanding of the political and technological
era in which this research occurred.
Much
of Cook's research describes his work in the United States,
both in talking with famed Antigravity researchers like
Tom Valone, as well as pursuing more official sources of
information such as contacts at the major American aerospace
companies.
German Secret Weapons Research
During
his research in the United States, Cook came to believe
that much of the basic research leading up to the work described
in the 1950's article was imported from Germany in Operation
Paperclip at the end of World War 2.
In
the same manner in which the United States picked up the
research of Werner Von Braun, Cook traces the work of several
Nazi secret projects connected with Antigravity technology
to a secret research organization that even the Nazi leadership
didn't have access to under the oversight of SS General
Hans Kammler.
Why You Should Buy This Book
In
"The Hunt for Zero Point", author Nick Cook provides
a clear and concise description of the various technological
paths being explored in the quest for antigravity and field-effect
propulsion technology. Cook does an excellent job of providing
continuity in research spanning over 70 years of technological
development, and offers insight into the culture of classified
research that can only be provided by someone with his professional
experience.
While
"The Hunt for Zero Point"
is
a great historical reference, Cook also uncovers recent
advances in aerospace technology with bearing on Antigravity
research, as well as newly discovered information on a Nazi
secret weapon that was more closely guarded than even their
experiments with nuclear technology!
Biographical Information
Nick
Cook is an award-winning aerospace and defence journalist
and author with a career in writing spanning more than 20
years.
From
1987 to 2001, he was Aerospace Editor of Jane’s Defence
Weekly, the world’s leading international defence
journal. He is currently the magazine’s Aerospace
Consultant. In 2005, Nick created JDW’s highly-acclaimed
Technology Audit Series – individual profiles benchmarking
the science and technology of the world’s aerospace
and defence giants.
Today,
his credentials gain him access to the world’s leading
defence establishments. During his career, he has visited
numerous top secret military bases in the US and former
Soviet Union.
Nick Cook’s groundbreaking, exclusive stories for
Jane’s have included reports on Russian secret weapons
and a second classified operation to rescue US hostages
in Iran. All made headlines around the world.
He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times and The
Wall Street Journal and writes extensively for other national
and international media.
A respected commentator on defence and security issues,
his views and analysis were sought by UK, US and other world
news media during the 1991 and 2003 wars against Iraq and
major conflicts in between.
Cook is routinely invited to speak around the world on a
variety of topics from the future of aerospace and defence
technology to global energy and science issues, including
those highlighted in his book The Hunt for Zero Point. His
audiences include major aerospace corporations, government
think-tanks, schools and universities.
Cook’s television credits include a two-hour documentary,
written and presented by him for The Discovery/Learning
Channel, called Billion Dollar Secret which detailed for
the first time the secret inner workings of America’s
classified weapons establishment.
Nick Cook is a four-time winner of the prestigious Royal
Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award
in the Defence, Business, Propulsion and Technology categories.
Nick Cook is also a published author and documentary film-maker.
His ground-breaking book The Hunt For Zero Point, published
by Century Random House in the UK in 2001 and Broadway Books
in the US in 2002, details his ten-year investigation into
efforts to crack the Holy Grail of aerospace propulsion:
anti-gravity technology. The book reached No.1 in the Amazon.com
non-fiction chart and no.3 on the general list. Other works
by Cook include: Angel Archangel and Aggressor and a number
of ghost written books including The Sunday Times Bestseller
Sabre Squadron. Recently co-authored Barefoot Soldier, the
biography of L/Cpl Johnson Beharry VC, published in hardback
in Oct '06, paperback due out May '07.
Cook has a degree from Exeter Universit, and is married
with two children and divides his time between London and
Sussex. |
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