330 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2001 by Warner/Aspect.
The fountains of paradise
4 stars
(42 reviews)
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind in space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometers high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
Subjects
- Elevators -- Design and construction -- Fiction
- Mountains -- Religious aspects -- Fiction
- Monks -- Fiction