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Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut.Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published on March 18, 1963, [1] exploring and satirizing issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often through the use of morbid humor.
Leonard Susskind's The Cosmic Landscape calls Cat's Cradle and its use of ice-nine a "cautionary tale about madness and instability in a world full of nuclear weapons", as well as being based on the real scientific principle of metastability. Saying that, while in the real world, liquid water at room temperature is stable, it explains that in ...
Cat's Cradle is a music venue and nightclub located in Carrboro, North Carolina, less than a mile from the University of North Carolina campus. It has two rooms with a capacity of 750 and 200 people. It has two rooms with a capacity of 750 and 200 people.
Cat’s Cradle has played a pivotal role in growing Chapel Hill’s and Carrboro’s reputations as great places for live music, helping to launch local bands, like Ben Folds Five, Southern ...
"Cat's in the Cradle" is a folk rock song by American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, from his fourth studio album, Verities & Balderdash (1974). The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became his signature song and a staple for folk rock music.
A granfalloon, in the fictional religion of Bokononism (created by Kurt Vonnegut in his 1963 novel Cat's Cradle), is defined as a "false karass".That is, it is a group of people who affect a shared identity or purpose, but whose mutual association is meaningless.
Cat's cradle is a well-known series of string figures. Cat's cradle may also refer to: Literature. Cat's Cradle, a 1963 novel by Kurt Vonnegut;
At the Cat's Cradle, 1992 is the sixth live album by the American rock band Ween.It was released on November 25, 2008, on Chocodog Records. The 2-disc package includes a CD containing a live performance from December 9, 1992, at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina.