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Ratner's Star is a 1976 novel by Don DeLillo. It relates the story of a child prodigy mathematician who arrives at a secret installation to work on the problem of deciphering a mysterious message that appears to come from outer space.
- Don DeLillo
- 1976
1 de jan. de 1976 · Ratner’s Star is a prodigious satire on those pioneers who journey beyond the frontiers of knowledge and end up more ignorant than they were when they set forth. Billy, our Nobel Prize winning mathematical genius, is but a mere pup catapulted into an arena of world renown crazies and fellow mathematicians on a scary hyper-genius level.
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One of DeLillo's first novels, Ratner's Star follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space.
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18 de abr. de 2021 · Ratner's Star. by. DeLillo, Don. Publication date. 1991. Topics. Life on other planets -- Fiction, Teenagers -- Fiction, Life on other planets, Teenagers, 20th century general fiction. Publisher. Vintage (Random Century Group)
31 de dez. de 2014 · Ratner's Star. by. Don DeLillo. Publication date. 1989-07-17. Topics. Modern fiction, Fiction - General, Fiction, Literary, Fiction / General. Publisher. Vintage.
19 de mai. de 2016 · Ratner's Star is a sci-fi satire about a young mathematician who wins the Nobel Prize and joins a secret project to decode a signal from space. The novel explores the absurdity and humor of the scientific world and the human condition.
One of DeLillo’s first novels, Ratner’s Star follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space.
