<![CDATA[Icarus at the Edge of Time]]>

false <![CDATA[Icarus at the Edge of Time]]> 2072977 1 From one of America’s leading physicists—a moving and visually stunning futuristic reimagining of the Icarus fable. The starship Proxima is on a twenty-five-trillion mile journey. Icarus was born on the ship as was his father and his father’s father, but there will be two more generations before the Proxima reaches its destination. As the tale begins, the Proxima is making an emergency diversion to avoid a black hole. Icarus wants to get a closer look. Although his father explains that when something goes into a black hole it never comes out, Icarus is confident that he can journey to the black hole’s edge and still make it back. He sneaks one of the Runabout ships out of the docking station and sets off to explore the black hole on his own. The result is unexpected and startling. Icarus returns to find his world profoundly and forever transformed. In Icarus at the Edge of Time Brian Greene has given us a fable about fathers and sons, curiosity and wisdom, and the complexity of the universe as only a physicist of his range and lucidity could. Designed by Chip Kidd—with full-color images from the Hubble Space Telescope—it is destined to be a classic for all ages. 2078225 2 9 2008 Icarus at the Edge of Time total:90|5:29|4:34|3:19|2:8|1:0| 90 354 198 45 5 3 false false Mon Nov 10 21:08:36 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 21:09:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:03:35 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:10:54 -0800 2008 1
It's amazing how spiritual the book was, though. I don't know i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:46:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:57:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 17:56:09 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 18:06:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 18:17:06 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 18:23:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:06:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:08:48 -0700 2009
Also, this is a coffee ta...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Nov 04 07:24:13 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 07:25:59 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:58:30 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:58:30 -0700 2009 The Elegant Universe, wrote this board book for all ages as a cosmic retelling of the Icarus fable. Filled with stunning imagery of celestial phenomenon, it's also filled with some basic tenets of outer space physics as plot points.

...more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:04:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 11:59:19 -0700 2009 Icarus at the Edge of Time is a futuristic reinvention of the Greek myth of Icarus, the boy who disregarded his father's advice, and flew too near the sun. Like his ancient counterpart, our Icarus is the son of innovative men, who finds himself trapped in a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 19:36:04 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 19:42:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 16:15:16 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 16:20:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 28 08:42:53 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 08:47:22 -0800 2009 Really, really unique. It's a quick read, and very worth it. Ex...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 19:26:20 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 19:28:25 -0700 2009 1
But the story can be a bi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 05:31:47 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 05:33:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 14:55:18 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 15:02:23 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 07:18:07 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 07:19:27 -0800 2008 4 0 false true Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 19:17:40 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 10:39:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 19:04:05 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 18:49:57 -0700 2008 The pages are thick pressed board.
The illustrations are digital images from space.
The story is a futuristic retelling of Icarus.
The science behind the fiction is all about black holes.

I wasn't terribly impressed with the b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 22 19:46:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 19:54:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 22 07:23:06 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 07:24:21 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2072977