It is 1973 England, an exciting place at the forefront of popular culture. A giant addition to the Nypro chemical plant in the rural community of Flixborough has just started production. Using the latest advancements in chemical process technology, the new plant promises to satisfy the British textile industry's hunger for more and cheaper nylon. But at 4:54 p.m. on June 1, 1974, an explosion unlike any other rips hellfire through the plant and ends it all. In NYLON YEARS, Ramin Abhari, a chemical engineer and graphic artist, weaves technology, history, and romance into a fabric spanning 40...