Year of publication: 1976 Genre: Thriller Type of investigator: Amateur Setting & time: London, England, and Rehovot, Israel; 1970s. ( Note: links will open in new windows) Story: The narrator, historian Igor Druyanov, is in London, peacefully editing some of Chaim Weizmann’s personal papers when scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot discover that Weizmann may have discovered how to use the ABE process (which Weizmann helped discover) on potatoes to produce a cheap high-octane fuel that can replace gasoline. Immediately it becomes apparent that someone is trying to get hold of Weizmann’s formula. Igor goes to great lengths to a) find the formula among Weizmann's papers, and b) prevent it from falling into the wrong hands, which, it is hinted at, are those of the big oil-producing countries or companies which would naturally not want the invention to become known to the world. Review: This interesting thriller is obviously inspired by the 1973 oil cr...
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