I believe the title is "The Man Who Tapped The Secrets of the Universe", and the author may be Glenn Clark. This little gem of a book is buried somewhere in my stacks of books.
His late wife was actually named Lao. Sharon From: Faith Saint Francis YESSS!!! Indeed! So very easy, and yet I have tried all the mnemotechniques I know, to no avail .. am I getting elderly anyhow? Seems ye can't avoid. Seriously: This "Ätomic Suicide?" is one book we should all read. It is profound, and it requires at least the basics of maths and physics, but it is good reading, and it does not obscure any of the hazards of the Atomic/Neutronic/Plutonic and what more ~nics there are, that we, the human race, so arrogantly fool around with. I have lost the book, and also that precious title "The man who sapped (Sapped???) the Secrets of the Universe". Wonder if it is still available somewhere. For your information respected name-sharer, if you browse Walter Russell, you'll find some very interesting information about him (and maybe about Tao, this special soul, his wife as well.)