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Icarus At The Edge Of Time - Brian Greene

Icarus At The Edge Of Time

By: Brian Greene

Hardcover | 2 September 2008 | Edition Number 1

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From one of America's leading physicists--a moving and visually stunning futuristic reimagining of the Icarus fable written for kids and those journeying with them toward a deeper appreciation of the cosmos. With a minimum of words set on 34 full color boardbook pages, Icarus travels not to the sun, but to a black hole, and in so doing poignantly dramatizes one of Einstein's greatest insights.
Unlike anything Brian Greene has previously written, "Icarus at the Edge of Time" uses the power of story, not pedagogy, to communicate viscerally one small part of the strange reality that has emerged from modern physics. Designed by Chip Kidd, with spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope, it's a short story that speaks to curiosity and wisdom in a universe we've only begun to fathom.
Industry Reviews
Terrific . . . Page after page shows gorgeous, swirling color set in the blackness of infinity . . . Against these stunning visuals is a retelling of the classical myth of Icarus.
Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal
Do your part to get kids psyched about science with physicist Brian Greene s Icarus at the Edge of Time, a futuristic fable that will take you and your budding scientists to the ends of the universe and back. Full-color photos from the Hubble Space Telescope bring the beauty of the cosmos right to your fingertips.
Parade Magazine
A perfect book for smart parents to read to smart children. Plus, it will make all concerned even smarter.
Tim Follos, Washington Post Express
Moving and successful . . . Beautifully illustrated . . . The images frame the deep and complex thought at the heart of the tale . . . [Greene] weaves the wonder of modern physics through the fabric of his story and thus enables his readers to confront its strangeness themselves.
Thomas Levenson, Seed Magazine
"
-Terrific . . . Page after page shows gorgeous, swirling color set in the blackness of infinity . . . Against these stunning visuals is a retelling of the classical myth of Icarus.-
-Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal
-Do your part to get kids psyched about science with physicist Brian Greene's Icarus at the Edge of Time, a futuristic fable that will take you and your budding scientists to the ends of the universe and back. Full-color photos from the Hubble Space Telescope bring the beauty of the cosmos right to your fingertips.-
-Parade Magazine
-A perfect book for smart parents to read to smart children. Plus, it will make all concerned even smarter.-
-Tim Follos, Washington Post Express
-Moving and successful . . . Beautifully illustrated . . . The images frame the deep and complex thought at the heart of the tale . . . [Greene] weaves the wonder of modern physics through the fabric of his story-and thus enables his readers to confront its strangeness themselves.-
-Thomas Levenson, Seed Magazine

"Terrific . . . Page after page shows gorgeous, swirling color set in the blackness of infinity . . . Against these stunning visuals is a retelling of the classical myth of Icarus."
-Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal

"Do your part to get kids psyched about science with physicist Brian Greene's Icarus at the Edge of Time, a futuristic fable that will take you and your budding scientists to the ends of the universe and back. Full-color photos from the Hubble Space Telescope bring the beauty of the cosmos right to your fingertips."
-Parade Magazine

"A perfect book for smart parents to read to smart children. Plus, it will make all concerned even smarter."
-Tim Follos, Washington Post Express

"Moving and successful . . . Beautifully illustrated . . . The images frame the deep and complex thought at the heart of the tale . . . [Greene] weaves the wonder of modern physics through the fabric of his story-and thus enables his readers to confront its strangeness themselves."
-Thomas Levenson, Seed Magazine