The Clockwork Rocket

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cetaps.researcherBispo, Jéssica
dc.contributor.authorEgan, Greg
dc.date.accessioned2/29/24 11:29
dc.date.available2/29/24 11:29
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe Clockwork Rocket introduces characters from an alien civilisation that becomes threatened by the Hurtlers, meteors that enter their planetary system from the same direction, but at different times. Yalda, who is three years old in the beginning of the narrative, grows up to become a physicist, dedicating herself to the study of the laws of physics, especially regarding time and light. Ultimately, she concludes that the technology which needs to be developed and implemented in order to defend the world against the Hurtlers must be created in a generation ship (the Peerless), so that there is sufficient time to address the issue, as time on the ship would pass differently from that on the planet. Being a hard science fiction novel, The Clockwork Rocket presents the reader with extremely elaborate calculations and explanations of the laws of physics that apply in the aliens’ home world, as well as outside of it (such as how the Hurtlers function). It also presents reflections on determinism, causality, biology, sexuality and reproduction, among others.
dc.description.authorGreg Egan was born in Australia in 1961, and is a science fiction writer and mathematician. Most of his novels explore quantum physics and mathematics, such as the Orthogonal trilogy, with The Clockwork Rocket being the first book of the series and containing lists of calculations and illustrations to explain what occurs throughout the narrative.
dc.format.extent512
dc.genrehard science fiction
dc.identifier.citationEgan, Greg. The Clockwork Rocket. Night Shade Books, 2011.
dc.identifier.isbn9781597802277
dc.identifier.urihttps://cetapsrepository.letras.up.pt/id/cetaps/114130
dc.publisherNight Shade Books
dc.publisher.cityUnited States of America
dc.rightsmetadata only access
dc.subjectphysics
dc.subjectspaceship
dc.subjectlight
dc.subjectmeteor
dc.subjectalien
dc.titleThe Clockwork Rocket
dc.typebook
dspace.entity.typePublication
person.familyNameEgan
person.givenNameGreg
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