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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. The novel has been described as "famously impenetrable".
- Don DeLillo
- 1976
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1 de jan. de 2001 · 3.47. 2,232 ratings233 reviews. Billy Twillig has won the first Nobel Prize ever to be given in mathematics. Set in the near future, this book charts an innocent's education when Billy is sent to live in the company of 30 Nobel laureates and he is asked to decipher transmissions 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.
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.
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.
