Distress, 9780575081734
Paperback
Utopia hides dark secrets as science’s ultimate theory nears completion.

Distress

  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 2008

Summary

On a utopian, man-made island called Stateless, Nobel Prize-winner Violet Mosala is close to solving the greatest problem of her career - the quest for the ultimate Theory of Everything (TOE) is almost over.

Burned out by recording the abuses of biotech for his TV news syndicate, Andrew Worth grabs the chance to follow Violet’s story. In contrast the world of theoretical physics seems like an anaesthetised mathematical heaven, where everything is cool and abstract. He could not have b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575081734
ISBN-10:0575081732
Author:Greg Egan
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:31 March 2008
Weight:300g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 34mm
About The Author

Greg Egan

Greg Egan lives in Perth, Western Australia. He has won the John W Campbell award for Best Novel and has been shortlisted for the Hugo three times.

Previous titles:

Schild’s Ladder; Teranesia; Quarantine; Luminous; Axiomatic; Permutation City; Diaspora; Distress

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