The Greatest Adventure
暫譯: 最偉大的冒險
Taine, John, Huang, S. L.
- 出版商: MIT
- 出版日期: 2025-03-04
- 售價: $880
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $836
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 286
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 026255142X
- ISBN-13: 9780262551427
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商品描述
A scientifically-precipitated, out-of-control tale of evolution set in Antarctica--it predates Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness--by a mathematician of note who also wrote science fiction. In The Greatest Adventure, an expedition to Antarctica discovers remnants of an elder race with advanced technology. These ancients had discovered the secret of developing new life-forms . . . but when the mutations threatened to run amok, their creators entombed their entire civilization in ice. Intrepid aviatrix Edith Lane and her comrades must flee through caverns inhabited by the mutated monsters, and when frozen spores begin to thaw out, the planet is threatened by malign plant life. The Greatest Adventure is a tale of horror by John Taine--the pseudonym of mathematician Eric Temple Bell--that is not without moments of humor.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
一個科學引發的、失控的進化故事，背景設置在南極洲——它的創作時間早於洛夫克拉夫特的瘋狂山脈——由一位著名的數學家撰寫，他同時也是科幻小說作家。
在最偉大的冒險中，一次南極探險發現了擁有先進技術的古老種族的遺跡。這些古人發現了開發新生命形式的秘密……但當突變威脅失控時，他們將整個文明封存於冰中。勇敢的女飛行員艾迪絲·萊恩（Edith Lane）和她的同伴必須穿越被突變怪物佔據的洞穴，而當冰凍的孢子開始解凍時，這顆星球面臨著惡性植物生命的威脅。最偉大的冒險是約翰·泰恩（John Taine）——數學家艾瑞克·坦普爾·貝爾（Eric Temple Bell）的筆名——所寫的一個恐怖故事，並不乏幽默的時刻。作者簡介
S. L. Huang is a Hugo-winning, bestselling author who justifies an MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. Huang is the author of the Cas Russell novels from Tor Books, including Zero Sum Game, Null Set, and Critical Point, as well as the new fantasies Burning Roses and The Water Outlaws. Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) was a mathematician who taught at the California Institute of Technology. The eponym of Bell polynomials and Bell numbers of combinatorics, his 1937 book Men of Mathematics would help to inspire Julia Robinson, John Forbes Nash, Jr., Andrew Wiles, and other future mathematicians. Writing as "John Taine," he published many proto-sf novels.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
S. L. Huang 是一位獲得 Hugo 獎的暢銷作家，他利用麻省理工學院的學位來創作古怪的數學超級英雄小說。Huang 是 Tor Books 出版的 Cas Russell 系列小說的作者，包括《Zero Sum Game》、《Null Set》和《Critical Point》，以及新的奇幻作品《Burning Roses》和《The Water Outlaws》。
埃里克·坦普爾·貝爾（Eric Temple Bell，1883-1960）是一位在加州理工學院任教的數學家。他是貝爾多項式（Bell polynomials）和貝爾數（Bell numbers）的命名者，他於1937年出版的書籍《Men of Mathematics》啟發了朱莉亞·羅賓遜（Julia Robinson）、約翰·福布斯·納什（John Forbes Nash, Jr.）、安德魯·懷爾斯（Andrew Wiles）及其他未來的數學家。作為「約翰·泰恩（John Taine）」發表的作品，他出版了許多原型科幻小說。