Dragon's Egg: A Novel

ldquo;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