Last Theorem (Paperback)

by Arthur C Clarke (Author), Frederik Pohl (Author)

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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Harper Collins Omes (Aug 1 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0007290004
ISBN-13: 978-0007290000
Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 422 g
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Grand Masters Pohl (Gateway) and the late Clarke (1917–2008, best known for 2001) collaborated on a can't-put-down adventure that focuses on their mutual strengths: high adventure, fun characters and hard science. Sometime in the near future, teenage Sri Lankan math prodigy Ranjit Subramanian manages to reconstruct and then publish Fermat's claimed proof of his famous last theorem. As Ranjit celebrates fame and fortune, the all-powerful aliens called Grand Galactics see the flash from early nuclear explosions and decide that humanity will have to be wiped out. When Earth's superpowers deploy a new, nonlethal way of handling renegade nations and humanity begins working on global peace and large-scale engineering projects, Ranjit and his family try to broker a truce with the destructive alien force, modeling human optimism through rationality and science. Long passages of math tricks and intrusive narration mar an otherwise enjoyable tale of the struggle between reason and fear. (Aug.)
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'Clarke is one of the greatest imaginative writers of hard science fiction' New Scientist 'Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time' Ray Bradbury 'Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age' The Times 'A one-man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futurist universe' Sunday Times 'Arthur C. Clarke is blessed with one of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print' New York Times 'One of the truly prophetic figures of the space age! the colossus of science fiction' New Yorker 'The most consistently able writer science fiction has yet produced' Kingsley Amis on Frederik Pohl 'In his grasp of scientific and technological possibilities, Pohl ranks with Asimov and Clarke, but he has greater originality than either' Sunday Times 'I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well' Arthur C Clarke 'The universe is full of wonder... and we reach out for such wonder... But none, surely, have succeeded so well as Arthur C Clarke' Stephen Baxter 'Clarke was a pioneer in so many areas, but one of his most interesting achievements was making scientific humility a unique core of "scientific" mysticism.' Greg Bear 'Clarke was one of the all time greats, and his books will be remembered for as long as people still read science fiction.' George R R Martin 'His impact, you might say, was indistinguishable from magic.' Scientific American 'No one has done more than Clarke in the way of enlightened prediction.' Isaac Asimov

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