345 pages
English language
Published Jan. 4, 1980 by Ballantine Books.
In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers . . .
In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers . . .
It's refreshing to find some hard sciences in a sci fi book. It's a bit dated, but still a good read.
It's refreshing to find some hard sciences in a sci fi book. It's a bit dated, but still a good read.
