Summary
What is it to be human? What is consciousness? What makes a soul?
- Change brought fear and fear brought destruction. The island-state of the Republic had risen up from the destroyed world: isolated, ordered and repressive. Its citizens are alive, but not free. What remains of the outside world is kept at bay. Planes are gunned down; refugees shot on sight. Until a man named Adam Forde rescues a girl from the sea.
Forde is long-dead when Anaximander faces the Examin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921758034 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921758031 |
| Author: | Bernard Beckett |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2011 |
| Weight: | 114g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 132mm x 200mm |
| Audience Age: | 12-17 |
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Bernard Beckett
Bernard Beckett was awarded a Royal Society Fellowship for Teachers of Maths, Science and Technology in 2005, during which he worked at the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Evolution. That year, he found himself looking for a way to combine his passions for science, philosophy and storytelling. Falling for Science is his first non-fiction book. He’s written several novels and won many awards for his fiction. His novel Genesis was also written as a result of his time at the Allan Wilson Centre. This ‘otherworldly’ sci-fi thriller was winner of the Young Adult Fiction category in the NZ Post 2007 Book Awards. His other books are No Alarms, Malcolm and Juliet, Jolt, Deep Fried, Home Boys and Acid Song.
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