The Hampdenshire Wonder
€ 14,50
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9780262551410 |
|---|---|
| Autores | J. D. Beresford, Ted Chiang |
| Editora | MIT Press Ltd |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 288 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,264 |
| Data de Publicação | 04/03/2025 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 13,68 |
| Imposto | € 0,82 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 14,50 |
| Disponibilidade | 3 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
In this pioneering science-fictional treatment of superhuman intelligence, a mutant wonder childs insights prove devastating.
Science fiction luminary Ted Chiang introduces The Hampdenshire Wonder, one of the genres first treatments of superhuman intelligence. Victor Stott is a large-headed supernormal mutated in the womb by his parents desire to have a child born without habits. Known as the Wonder, Victor surveys humankinds science, philosophy, history, literature, religionthe best that has been thought and saidand dismisses it brutally: So elementary . . . inchoate . . . a disjunctive patchwork. Rejecting the interposing and utterly false concepts of space and time, the Wonder claims that life itself is merely a disease of the ether. Unable to deal with the childs disenchanting insights, his adult interlocutors seek to silence him . . . perhaps permanently.