Vitrified Man
From Gnomon Chronicles
Vitrified Man is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490, which is embedded in radioactive glass inside a protective metal case.
In the News
The Silence of the Rose is a 1986 action-thriller film about a Franciscan friar-assassin (Sean Connery) who is called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
Polenta and You (full title: Polenta and You: The Untold Story of the Niger Polenta Forgeries) is a young adult adventure story about the confusion between harmless polenta and radioactive yellowcake.
Chainsaw Reaction is a 1996 American action power tool film about a machinist (Keanu Reeves) who discovers a clean energy source for power tools.
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