Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780345435293 ISBN: 034543529X Label: Del Rey Manufacturer: Del Rey Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 29, 2000 Publisher: Del Rey Sales Rank: 463317 Studio: Del Rey
Product DescriptionIn a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers . . .
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Rating: - Great Read--Loved it!
I knew it was Sci-Fi but with a lot of truth in science facts.
The first 35 pages were hard to understand. Where he was going wasn't clear but then I couldn't put it down and finished it two days.
Rating: - Welcome to the NanoSphere
It's been a couple of decades since I first read this brilliant book, but the passage of time has not diminished my enthusiasm for it. Relativity is a difficult concept for most people to grasp, because we tend to see so little of it within the context of the 'ordinary' human scale. And yet--with the explosion of electronic communication, and the emergence of ubiquitous computing paradigms, we are beginning to come to grips with some of the implications Forward lays out in his clever tale.
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Rating: - Great SF story
I ran across a reference while reading a physics book (Science Masters series) and had to check it out - great story that makes you think.
Rating: - Great sci fi book, yet different
The development of the cheela society and religion draws a lot of parallels in human society. the idea of a species evolving in the extreme gravity of a pulsar is intruiging. There is a lot to ponder about, a species with a lifespan of six minutes, thought process faster than the fastest of our computers etc. i have recomonded it for a lot of my sci fi loving friends.
Rating: - A must read for fans of hard sci-fi
I discovered this novel after reading about the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Blink of an Eye". In that episode, the crew of Voyager visits a planet where time passes many times faster then it does in surrounding space. That allowed the crew to observe the development of the native race's civilization in a matter of hours. This episode was based loosely on this novel.
The novel itself, is a great read for anyone that's into science fiction, especially those with interest in real science. ... Read More
- Great Read--Loved it!
