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Author
Index
B |
Gregory
Benford |
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Title
Index
T |
Timescape |
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| Year |
1980 |
| Publisher |
Sphere
(Victor Gollancz) |
| ISBN |
0722116306 |
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Synopsis
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The
year is 1998, the
world is a growing
nightmare of
desperation, of
uncontrollable
pollution and
increasing social
unrest. In
Cambridge, two
scientists
experiment with
tachyons -
subatomic
particles that
travel faster than
the speed of light
and, therefore,
according to the
Theory of
Relativity, may
move backwards in
time. Their
plan is to signal
a warning to the
previous
generation ...
In 1962, a
young Californian
scientist, Gordon
Bernstein, finds
his experiments
are being spoiled
by unknown
interference.
As he begins to
suspect something
near the truth it
becomes a race
against time - the
world is
collapsing and
will only be saved
if Gordon can
decipher the
messages in time. |
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Review
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'This
is great science
fiction in ideas,
great fiction in
its response to
people and work
and the
complexities of
reality'
Guardian
'Timescape is
by turns serious
and entertaining,
nostalgic and
forward-looking.
The ultimate
resolution of the
puzzle has been
handled adroitly
and will amaze
general readers'
New Scientist |
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Credit:
NASA
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Ocean
Jewels
This
image from
the
Advanced
Spaceborne
Thermal
Emission
and
Reflection
Radiometer
(ASTER) on
NASA's
Terra
spacecraft
shows
North and
South
Malosmadulu
Atolls in
the
Maldives,
an island
republic
in the
northern
Indian
Ocean
southwest
of India.
Made up of
a chain of
1,192
small
coral
islands,
the
Maldives
arguably
make up
the
lowest-lying
country in
the world,
with an
average
elevation
just 1
meter
above sea
level. |
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NASA
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the day
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