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At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands, and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated, and inaccurate stories.

From crossing vast oceans to exploring outer space, we continue to push the limits of our scientific and engineering capabilities. But what happens when our pursuits don't go as planned? What are the consequences, and how can we learn from these engineering mistakes? This series explores the science behind some of history’s most catastrophic man-made disasters, from the crash of the Hindenburg to the explosion at Chernobyl.

Publicada en la primavera de 2011 y traducida desde entonces a los idiomas italiano, alemán, francés y holandés, El ciclista de Chernóbil mezcla el documental y la ficción a partir de algunos episodios de la vida del físico nuclear Vasili B. Nesterenko en una novela sobre la desolación, la soledad, el heroísmo anónimo, la solidaridad, el amor y la obstinación de la vida por perdurar en las circunstancias más adversas.