The Starship and the Canoe
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The Starship and the Canoe

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eBook - ePub

The Starship and the Canoe

About this book

" The Starship and the Canoe is neither a wilderness survival manual nor a book of blueprints. It is another of those rare books impossible to define: the kind that seeks you in time. And you will know it, live it, and consult it thereafter simply by name." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Brower's superbly written book clutches at one's imagination." -- Publishers Weekly "In the tradition of Carl Sagan and John McPhee, a bracing cerebral voyage past intergalactic hoopla and backwoods retreats." -- Kirkus Reviews Originally published in 1978, The Starship and the Canoe is the remarkable story of a father and son: Freeman Dyson is a world-renowned astrophysicist who dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed a spaceship to take him there. His son George, a brilliant high school dropout, lives in a treehouse and is designing a giant kayak to explore the icy coastal wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Author Kenneth Brower describes with stunning impact their lives and their visions of the world. It is a timeless tale framed by modern science, adventure, family, and the natural world.

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781680512793
Edition
0
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. The Starship and the Canoe
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Part I
  7. Part II
  8. Part III
  9. Part IV
  10. Part V
  11. Part VI
  12. Envoi
  13. About the Author