The Iron Sun: Crossing the Universe Through Black Holes Tapa dura - 1977

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1977.. 1st edition. By the author of "The Next ten thousand years". Near fine in a near fine unclipped dustwrapper.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Unclipped. A nice clean copy with no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with just very minor edge creasing. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 176 pages. All books are individually described.

United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Explains how it could be possible to travel instantaneously in space. First Edition. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London 1978. 176pp hb dw slightly worn, page edges browned, book vg

Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1977, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 176 pages, 5.5" x 9".

London, England: Jonathan Cape. Very Good/Good. 1977. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0224013572 Hardback The stars, other suns like our own, are vastly distant from us - millions of times further than the furthest of our local planets. Travelling to them, even at the fastest speeds which can now be conceived, would mean voyage-times ranging from decades to thousands of years. In this book, the author shows how this fundamental obstacle to man's conquest of interstellar travel could be overcome. He shows how it would be both economically and technologically possible within about 250 years' time, for a spaceship to travel instantaneously in space - to disappear in one place and reappear the very next instant in another, without passing any point in between. In this book each argument is lucidly followed, each explanation is presented with beautiful simplicity. For the serious student, for the astronomer or for those who will be tempted to… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.