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The Incandescent Ones

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Young Peter, a student of Byzantine Art at Moscow University, receives, through a cryptic sentence in a lecture, a message to buy two books of his choice at a specific hour in the University bookshop. When he opens the package, a third book has been included. It is this third book which sends Peter on a series of adventures leading to the unravelling of a mysterious power source guiding the destinies of planet Earth. His quest is also intimately linked with his father's baffling disappearance. Once again the Hoyles have succeeded in combininig an enjoyable piece of story-telling with scientific speculation of lasting interest.

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The Incandescent Ones, Fred Hoyle, Geoffrey Hoyle

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1978
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Title
The Incandescent Ones
Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books
Released
1978
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0140048596
ISBN13
9780140048599
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Young Peter, a student of Byzantine Art at Moscow University, receives, through a cryptic sentence in a lecture, a message to buy two books of his choice at a specific hour in the University bookshop. When he opens the package, a third book has been included. It is this third book which sends Peter on a series of adventures leading to the unravelling of a mysterious power source guiding the destinies of planet Earth. His quest is also intimately linked with his father's baffling disappearance. Once again the Hoyles have succeeded in combininig an enjoyable piece of story-telling with scientific speculation of lasting interest.