TIME FOR THE STARS
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine just jacket. A lovely copy. (17072)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1956]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine just jacket. A lovely copy. (17072). Octavo, cloth. "Although written and marketed as a young adult novel, this book is a mature treatment of the relativistic time-dilation effect in interstellar travel." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-520.
Synopsis
Time for the Stars is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published by Scribner's in 1956 as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17072
- Title
- TIME FOR THE STARS
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine just jacket. A lovely copy. (17072)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- [1956]
- Keywords
- SF . YA
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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