The Iron Sun. Crossing the Universe Through Black Holes.

London, England: Jonathan Cape. Very Good/Good. 1977. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0224013572 Hardback The stars, other suns like our own, are vastly distant from us - millions of times further than the furthest of our local planets. Travelling to them, even at the fastest speeds which can now be conceived, would mean voyage-times ranging from decades to thousands of years. In this book, the author shows how this fundamental obstacle to man's conquest of interstellar travel could be overcome. He shows how it would be both economically and technologically possible within about 250 years' time, for a spaceship to travel instantaneously in space - to disappear in one place and reappear the very next instant in another, without passing any point in between. In this book each argument is lucidly followed, each explanation is presented with beautiful simplicity. For the serious student, for the astronomer or for those who will be tempted to delve further, he includes appendices, detailed notes and references, documenting each step of his argument with reference to the sources he has used, and a glossary and comprehensive bibliography.But for those who are simply fascinated with the subject, no previous scientific background or technical vocabulary is required for this odyssey through the laws and paradoxes of time and space.some shelfwear to D/J. .