The fountains of paradise

330 pages

English language

Published Aug. 13, 2001 by Warner/Aspect.

ISBN:
978-0-446-67794-3
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OCLC Number:
45963217

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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.

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Subjects

  • Elevators -- Design and construction -- Fiction
  • Mountains -- Religious aspects -- Fiction
  • Monks -- Fiction