Robert L. Forward Boeken

For nearly four decades the fictional spaceships of the "Star Trek" universe have been powered by antimatter. But antimatter is not science fiction, and neither is the idea of using it for space propulsion. In Mirror Pioneering Antimatter Physics, renowned physicist Dr. Robert L. Forward and science writer Joel Davis show why, and how.Mirror Matter is the answer to the skeptics who say that using antimatter is too risky, too difficult, or too expensive. Forward and Davis describe how to make, capture, store, and use antimatter. Mirror Matter explains, step-by-step, how to greatly improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of antimatter production; how antimatter can be captured and safely stored until it is used; and how it can improve the propulsion capability of interplanetary rocket engines by one to two orders of magnitude.If the solar system is to one day be our big backyard, it will come about using "mirror matter" for space propulsion.

"In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind--and this is one of them."--Arthur C. Clarke In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms--the cheela--living on Dragon's Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers.Praise for Dragon's Egg"Bob Forward writes in the tradition of Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity and carries it a giant step (how else?) forward."--Isaac Asimov "Dragon's Egg is superb. I couldn't have written it; it required too much real physics."--Larry Niven "This is one for the real science-fiction fan."--Frank Herbert"Robert L. Forward tells a good story and asks a profound question. If we run into a race of creatures who live a hundred years while we live an hour, what can they say to us or we to them?"--Freeman J. Dyson"Forward has impeccable scientific credentials, and . . . big, original, speculative ideas."--The Washington Post

In the near future five intrepid men and women have been paid a billion dollars each to risk the first voyage into the upper atmosphere of Saturn. The to convert atmospheric chemicals into fuel to power interplanetary spaceships.But no one anticipates a crash landing on one of the enormous flying creatures known as rukhs that live in Saturn's atmosphere.

Starquake, the sequel to Dragons Egg, takes place on the surface of a neutron star. The gravity is 67 billion Earth gravities. The native cheela, the size of sesame seeds, live a million times faster than their human friends in orbit. After a starquake, the humans have only one day to save the remains of cheela civilization from extinction.

Four astronauts journey to a cold planet only thirty degrees above absolute zero and inhabited by tiny aliens who have created a complex civilization.

Der Kampf um den Mars verlief kurz und ohne Blutvergießen. Dann hat General Alexander Armstrong den Planeten für die Vereinten Nationen in Besitz genommen. Als Held kehrt er auf die Erde zurück und überläßt seinem Zwillingsbruder Gus die Herrschaft über den Mars. Gus, der Wissenschaftler, wendet sich wieder seinen friedfertigen Forschungen zu. Bis sein Bruder zum Präsidenten gewählt wird und sein wahres Gesicht zeigt: Alexander will die Macht über die Erde und über das All. Und er hat nur einen wirklichen Gegner: Gus formiert den Widerstand. Doch er wäre ohne Chance, wenn er nicht auf dem roten Planeten eine Entdeckung gemacht hätte, von der das Schicksal der Menschen abhängen könnte. Robert L. Forward, dessen Erstling Das Drachenei mittlerweile als Klassiker gilt, ist der beste Beweis dafür, daß auch ein hochkarätiger Wissenschaftler spannende Science Fiction zu schreiben versteht. Der Regenbogen des Mars ist ein rasantes galaktisches Abenteuer, das auf exakten Fakten beruht.