| Record Number |
790674 |
| ISBN |
9781786694690 (paperback) |
| Author |
Liu, Cixin author. |
| Title |
Ball lightning / Cixin Liu ; translated by Joel Martinsen. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Head of Zeus, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Pagination etc. |
384 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary Note |
This military science fiction adventure is about what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against a push to harness new discoveries with no consideration of their possible consequences. When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of the mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier in particle physics. Although Chen's quest provides a purpose for his lonely life, his reasons for chasing his elusive quarry come into conflict with soldiers and scientists who have motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Chinese. |
| Subject |
Physicists -- Fiction |
| Science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction |
| Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Fiction |
| Ball lightning -- Fiction |
| Military weapons -- Fiction |
| Science fiction |
| Action and adventure fiction. |
| Added Author |
Martinsen, Joel translator. |
| Shelf Location |
F LIU |
