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📖 Read on Archive.org (external link, opens in new tab)- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Publisher
- Amereon Ltd
- Pages
- 284
- Readers
- 4.0★ (22)
The Fountains of Paradise
1978 · Book · Arthur C. Clarke
FictionMountainsElevatorsMonksDesign and constructionReligious aspects of Mountains
“The crown grew heavier with each passing year.”
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind in space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometers high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean. by Arthur C. Clarke