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Author
Index
T |
George
Turner |
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Title
Index
B |
Brainchild |
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| Year |
1991 |
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Headline |
| ISBN |
074723812X |
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Synopsis
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Trainee
journalist David
Chance was raised
in a state
orphanage - years
later he receives
a communication
from a man
claiming to be his
father.
Arthur hazard is
no ordinary man,
but one of twelve
genetically
engineered
supermen - three
groups of four
children were
artificially
created, each with
a specialized form
of
super-intelligence,
but of the
'Nursery Children'
only C Group were
real all-round
geniuses.
These four
committed suicide
before David's
birth.
Rumour has it
that just before
their fatally
dramatic gesture
their leader,
Conrad, intimated
that they may have
left a vital
intellectual
legacy behind
them. Arthur
encourages David
to investigate the
life and death of
C Group, leading
him into a
terrifying web of
deceit and
betrayal ... |
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Review
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'His
future world is
believable, the
imagined
scientific
breakthroughs he
postulates are
intriguing and his
characters are
real enough to
make us care about
the issues he
raises'
Publishers
Weekly
'Not only a
mind-stretcher; it
is a breathlessly
exciting
adventure'
Arthur C Clarke |
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Credit:
NASA
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Perseid
Power
Enjoying
the bright
Moon's
absence
from early
morning
skies,
observers
around the
world
reported
lovely
displays
during
this
year's
Perseid
meteor
shower,
which
peaked
August 11
and 12.
This
bright and
colorful
fireball
meteor
flashed
through
skies over
Japan in
the early
morning
hours of
August 12.
Ending at
the upper
right, the
meteor's
trail
points
down and
to the
left, back
to the
shower's
radiant
point
between
the
constellations
of Perseus
and
Cassiopeia,
seen here
just above
the tower
structure
in the
foreground.
The
Pleiades
star
cluster is
also
visible
well below
the
meteor's
trail.
Perseid
shower
meteors
can be
traced to
particles
of dust
from the
tail of
comet
Swift-Tuttle.
The comet
dust
impacts
the
atmosphere
at speeds
of around
60
kilometers
per
second. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
archive |
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