Ragnarok - Couverture rigide

Gribbin, John; Compton, D. G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0575051108 ISBN 13 : 9780575051102

Editeur : Gollancz, 1991

Synopsis

A science fiction thriller with an ecological theme and a vicious denouement. Convinced that the world will destroy itself if the production of nuclear weapons is not halted, a Nobel Prize-winning nuclear scientist and his daughter embark on a dramatic scheme to blackmail the United Nations.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

John Gribbin (1946 - )
John Gribbin is a British science writer, astrophysicist and visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex, where he graduated with a BA in physics in 1966 and did his master of science (MSc) in 1967. He earned his PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge in 1971. Author of the well-known In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality (1984), Gribbin's work as a scientist is often reflected in his writing which covers a wide range of topics, such as quantum physics, human evolution, the origins of the universe, climate change and global warming.

D G Compton (1930 - )
David Guy Compton was born in London in 1930. His early works were crime novels published under 'Guy Compton', but he began producing SF as 'D.G. Compton' in 1965 with The Quality of Mercy. His 1970 novel The Steel Crocodile received a Nebula nomination, but it was 1974's The Continuous Catherine Mortenhoe that made his reputation. Eerily predictive of the 21st century's obsessions with media voyeurism and 'reality television', it was filmed as Death Watch in 1980. He lives in Maine, in the United States.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The day of ice and fire, that brings in its wake devastation to the world.

Dr Robert Graham, noted nuclear physicist, has campaigned hard and long for disarmament.

Now his patience is at an end.

With an ill-assorted handful of desperate, like-minded 'terrorists', he plans to hold the human race to ransom. His bargaining power is terrifying - nothing short of Ragnarok itself. The world governments must listen - or the countdown to nuclear winter has already begun . . .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gollancz
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0575051108
• ISBN 13: 9780575051102
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible