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Penguin Classics the Black Cloud

Paperback • 2010 • English

Penguin Classics the Black Cloud

By Fred Hoyle

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About the book

A 1959 classic 'hard' science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle. Tracks the progress of a giant black cloud that comes towards Earth and sits in front of the sun, causing widespread panic and death. A select group of scientists and astronomers - including the dignified Astronomer Royal, the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe and the maverick, eccentric Professor Kingsly - engage in a mad race to understand and communicate with the cloud, battling against trigger happ...Show more

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ISBN

9780141196404

Publisher

National Geographic Books

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Penguin Classics the Black Cloud

Format

Paperback

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