LEADER 04311nam 22006375 450 001 9910254598903321 005 20200702231027.0 010 $a3-319-67486-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-67486-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000001041550 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-67486-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5149910 035 $a(PPN)221253254 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001041550 100 $a20171117d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Dark Arrow of Time $eA Scientific Novel /$fby Massimo Villata 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (V, 163 p. 1 illus.) 225 1 $aScience and Fiction,$x2197-1188 311 $a3-319-67485-4 327 $aI Very fidgety, the fat lady next to him -- II They were flying over gentle crimson hills -- III Helias slept fitfully -- IV ?Why did you do that?? -- V The next morning it rained -- VI Seated behind his enormous desk -- VII A sort of autumn had arrived -- VIII The professor, with his most blissful expression -- IX As they came closer to Mars -- X The pilot and the prisoner had reached the shuttle -- XI Nothing moved in the silent valley -- XII Helias was stretched out on the floor of his room -- XIII ?Are they high enough yet?? -- XIV The meeting had left Helias Kadler shaken and confused -- XV In that moment, Helias could remember very little of his conjectures -- XVI But Dr. Kadler, that hot afternoon near a sea on the planet Thaýma -- XVII Helias had sat down on the step -- XVIII Everything had ended well. 330 $aThis riveting scientific novel combines adventure, love, suspense, magic, pathos, and mystery in a carefully woven plot that is full of unexpected twists and turns. 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