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Tau Zero

Paperback • 2006 • English

Tau Zero

By Poul Anderson

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Fifty men and women set out in the twenty-third century from Earth aboard an interstellar craft to travel to a planet some thirty light-years away. The ship will approach the speed of light and so (as Einstein predicted) subjective time on board will slow and so the journey of several decades will be of much shorter duration for the crew. But the ship's deceleration system is irreparably damaged when it hits a cloud of interstellar dust and acceleration continues toward light speed, tau zero. So...Show more

Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic
Science fiction: military
Science fiction: space exploration

Book details

ISBN

9780575077324

Publisher

Gollancz

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Tau Zero

Format

Paperback

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