01216cam a2200289 4500 1163657682 TxAuBib 20100406120000.0 091113s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009046508 9780385533416 0385533411 TxAuBib McEwan, Ian. Solar : a novel / Ian McEwan. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2010. 287 p. ; 25 cm. When Nobel prize-winning physicist Michael Beard's personal and professional lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways, an opportunity presents itself in the guise of an invitation to travel to New Mexico. Here is a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. 20100408. Middle-aged men Fiction. Physicists Fiction. Nobel Prize winners Fiction. Marital conflict Fiction. Global warming Prevention Fiction. TXKIP