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Farside by Ben Bova 2013 Unabridged CD 9781470838997
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781470838997
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Farside
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Science Fiction / General
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1470838990
ISBN-13
9781470838997
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143704978
Product Key Features
Topic
Science Fiction / General
Book Title
Farside
Publication Year
2013
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Format
Compact Disc
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Edition Description
Unabridged edition
Synopsis
Farside, the side of the moon that never faces Earth, is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory. It is also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder. Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. The race is on to obtain photographs and spectra that show whether or not the planet is truly like Earth--and if it bears life. Farside observatory will have the largest optical telescope in the solar system, as well as a vast array of radio antennas--the most sensitive radio telescope possible, insulated from the interference of Earth's radio chatter by a thousand kilometers of the moon's solid mass. Building the Farside observatory is a complex and often dangerous task. On the airless surface of the moon--under constant bombardment by hard radiation and infalling micrometeoroids--builders must work in cumbersome spacesuits and use robotic machines as much as possible. Breakdowns, both mechanical and emotional, are commonplace. Accidents happen, some of them fatal. But what they ultimately find will stun everyone, and the human race will never be the same., Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. Now the race is on to get pictures of that distant world that show whether or not the planet is truly like Earth-and if it bears life. Farside observatory will have the largest optical telescope in the solar system and the most sensitive radio telescope, insulated from the interference of Earth's radio chatter by a thousand kilometers of the moon's solid body. But building Farside is a complex, dangerous task. Accidents happen, some of them fatal. What they ultimately find stuns everyone, and humanity will never be the same.
Number of Pages
8 pages
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