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Fred Hoyle

    24 giugno 1915 – 20 agosto 2001

    Sir Fred Hoyle fu uno degli scienziati più illustri, creativi e controversi del ventesimo secolo. Oltre al suo lavoro nell'astronomia teorica, era un appassionato alpinista, un avido giocatore di scacchi e uno scrittore di fantascienza. Fu un importante divulgatore scientifico e coniò il termine 'Big Bang'. I suoi contributi continuano a ispirare e a provocare il dibattito scientifico.

    The Andromeda Anthology
    A for Andromeda
    The Inferno
    Fifth Planet
    The Black Cloud
    Rockets in Ursa Major
    • Rockets in Ursa Major

      A Novel

      • 169pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      "The British spaceship DSP 15 returns from the stars of the Ursa Major stream, thirty years late, crewless and carrying its captain's last message: ""If this ship returns to Earth, then mankind is in deadly peril, "" specifically an alien invasion, as Dr. Warboys discovers with his new radar transmitter. Earth is caught in a galactic guerrilla war between the Yelas' and the friendly fleet of Belegeuse, whose species is also humanoid. It's too late to explain the mixup to the Yelas so humanoids ally in a sun-burst bomb retaliation. This is accelerated propulsion again, as in the Hoyles' first collaboration Fifth Planet (1967), fueled with more scientific theory, not a little satire and first rate fantasy."--Kirkus Review.

      Rockets in Ursa Major
      3,0
    • A huge black cloud heading for the Earth will block the sun and wipe out life on Earth. Scientists assemble to stop the cloud, but are forced to rethink humankind's place in the universe.

      The Black Cloud
      3,9
    • Alien spirits unknowingly brought back from a mission to an far away planet have begun to slip into the bodies of earthlings. Could this be the beginning of the end of the human race, and the beginning of another?

      Fifth Planet
      3,3
    • Fast-paced novel written with wry humour by the father-son team, set in London and Scotland, in Australia and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, about facing imminent natural catastrophe, from a quasar in the sky.

      The Inferno
      2,7
    • A for Andromeda

      • 167pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      A new radio telescope picks up from the constellation of Andromeda a complex series of signals which prove to be a programme for a giant computer. After the computer is built it begins to relay information from Andromeda. Scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to mankind, knowledge that could threaten the security of human life itself.

      A for Andromeda
      3,6
    • The Andromeda Anthology

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      The Andromeda duology from renowned scientist Fred Hoyle and television producer John Elliot, published in one volume

      The Andromeda Anthology
      3,4
    • Young Peter, a student of Byzantine Art at Moscow University, receives, through a cryptic sentence in a lecture, a message to buy two books of his choice at a specific hour in the University bookshop. When he opens the package, a third book has been included. It is this third book which sends Peter on a series of adventures leading to the unravelling of a mysterious power source guiding the destinies of planet Earth. His quest is also intimately linked with his father's baffling disappearance. Once again the Hoyles have succeeded in combininig an enjoyable piece of story-telling with scientific speculation of lasting interest.

      The Incandescent Ones
      3,1
    • From a great distance the Yela’s recorded message crackled through the micro-earpiece – “For the time being you have won. But I am not defeated so easily” –That had been three years ago, after Dick Warboys had repulsed the invading Yela by firing a lithium bomb into the sun. but now that threat seems impending as scientists detect the rapid approach of a vast engulfing cloud of hydrogen. Warboys and his allies therefore set out in hot pursuit of the Yela into deepest space from Ursa Majoris, to save the Earth.

      Into Deepest Space
      3,2
    • Man and Materialism

      • 174pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Offering a deep intellectual exploration, this 1957 publication examines the historical trends shaping humanity's future. It challenges readers to engage with complex ideas and encourages a critical understanding of the forces influencing societal development. The book serves as a thought-provoking resource for those interested in the interplay between history and the potential trajectories of human civilization.

      Man and Materialism