The starship and the canoe
By: Kenneth Brower
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780553124514
Copyright date: 1978
Description: Freeman Dyson, world-renowned astrophysicist, dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed an inexpensive spaceship to take him there. George Dyson, a brilliant dropout, lives in a tree in coastal British Columbia and is designing a giant seagoing canoe. Both men are intensely, passionately dedicated to their visions. Kenneth Brower explores the relationship of this odd father-son duo, whose goals could hardly be more different yet whose approaches are inevitably alike, with insight and sensitivity. --Amazon.com.