About this title: One of America's leading physicists delivers a moving and visually stunning futuristic reimagining of the Icarus fable--a fable about fathers and sons, curiosity and wisdom, and the complexity of the universe. Destined to become a classic for all ages, this volume features stunning, full-color images of outer space from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307268884ISBN:0307268888
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. ex library. board book. board pages very good. some rubbing along cover edges & light scuffs show on cover. library marks. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307268884ISBN:0307268888
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Binding: Board Book
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Date Published: 2008-09-02
ISBN-13:9780307268884ISBN:0307268888
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Binding: Board book
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2008-09-02
ISBN-13:9780307268884ISBN:0307268888
Description: Very Good. KT Shelf wear and scome scratching. Cover is slightly chipped. Inside is neat and clean. ***SHIPS FAST! Help a grad student meet expenses! *** read more
"Baby's first heady sci-fi? Brian Greene does a science fiction/deep physics double-take on the classic Icarus myth. Beautiful images (though as my man Adam points out: frustratingly covered with a giant black hole on each page) and quite a story embedded therein.
But the story can be a bit much for a one-year-old. H. has managed to sit through it... once so far."
"Greene, best known as the theoretical physicist that wrote 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.
I was drawn to the book as it sat several shelves away at the library tonight. It's visually very interesting. It took only a few minutes to read. The language is quite evocative (as Greene's language tends to be), though the narrative doesn't always flow seamlessly. It's a beautiful, eerie, chilling experience of a book."
"A board-book for all ages, Briane Greene's 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 prison of his father's making. In his case, that prison is the Proxima, a starship dispatched from Earth on a multi-generational voyage to contact another sentient species. A brilliant young man, Icarus resents the idea that he will live and die aboard the Proxima, and - in a rash act of defiance - decides to explore a passing black hole...
As someone with an abiding interest in mythology, and the ways in which it is continuously reinvented, as well as a great fondness for space-opera of the Star Trek variety, I was quite intrigued when a goodreads friend recommended this book to me. Gorgeously illustrated with photographs of various cosmic phenomena taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, this chunky picture-book explores Einstein's prediction that time will slow down as one approaches a black hole, while also offering a meditative picture of human impatience, and our impulse to explore. I was actually rather surprised to find myself so moved by Greene's narrative, and wish that I was acquainted with some young astronomer, to whom I could give this title."
"I hesitate to call this a kids book, although it is a short story that I think kids would like. It may be that rarest of rare picture books for adults. The pictures are lovely photographs of the universe. The story is a sci fi retelling of Icarus. I found reading it last week very appropriate because one of the books I am reading now talks about the place of storytelling now. And how storytelling in the past was used to impart important ideas that you wanted people to remember - a trait of storytelling that is underutilized today. As you might surmise from the previous statement, Mr. Greene does impart some information about the cosmos (black holes to be more specific in this work), along with the story. Good, quick read."
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