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Descripción Softcover. Condición: new. New. Product DescriptionThe Starship and the Canoe is neither a wilderness survival manual nor a book of blueprints It is another of those rare books impossible to define the kind that seeks you in time And you will know it live it and consult it thereafter simply by name Chicago SunTimesIn the tradition of Carl Sagan and John McPhee a bracing cerebral voyage past intergalactic hoopla and backwoods retreats Kirkus ReviewsOriginally published in 1978 The Starship and the Canoe is the remarkable story of a father and son Freeman Dyson is a worldrenowned astrophysicist who dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed a spaceship to take him there His son George a brilliant high school dropout lives in a treehouse and is designing a giant kayak to explore the icy coastal wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska Author Kenneth Brower describes with stunning impact their lives and their visions of the world It is a timeless tale framed by modern science adventure family and the natural worldAbout the AuthorKenneth Browers writing has appeared in The Atlantic Audubon National Geographic The Paris Review Smithsonian Sierra and numerous other magazines His other books include Wake of the Whale A Song for Satawal The Winemakers Marsh The Wildness Within and other titles about the environment and natural places He lives in Berkeley CaliforniaNeal Stephenson is known for his speculative fiction exploring areas such as mathematics cryptography philosophy currency and the history of science He is the author or coauthor of more than 15 books including Anathem Snow Crash and most recently Fall or Dodge in Hell. Nº de ref. del artículo: BKZN9781680512786
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