{"product_id":"ball-lightning-cixin-liu","title":"Ball Lightning (Cixin Liu)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his fourteenth birthday, right before his eyes, \u003cb\u003eChen's parents are incinerated by a blast of ball lightning.\u003c\/b\u003e Striving to make sense of this bizarre tragedy, \u003cb\u003ehe dedicates his life to a single goal: to unlock the secrets of this enigmatic natural phenomenon\u003c\/b\u003e. His pursuit of ball lightning will take him far from home, across mountain peaks chasing storms and deep into highly classified subterranean laboratories as he slowly unveils a new frontier in particle physics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChen's obsession gives purpose to his lonely life, but it can't insulate him from the real world's interest in his discoveries. He will be pitted against scientists, soldiers and governments with motives of their own: \u003cb\u003ea physicist who has no place for moral judgement\u003c\/b\u003e in his pursuit of knowledge; a beautiful \u003cb\u003earmy major obsessed with new ways to wage war\u003c\/b\u003e; a desperate nation facing certain military defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConjuring \u003cb\u003eawe-inspiring new worlds\u003c\/b\u003e of cosmology and philosophy from meticulous scientific speculation, \u003ci\u003eBall Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e has \u003cb\u003eall the scope and imagination\u003c\/b\u003e that so enthralled readers \u003cb\u003eof Cixin Liu's award-winning Three-Body trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCixin Liu\u003c\/b\u003e is China's #1 SF writer and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Three-Body Problem\u003c\/i\u003e - the first ever translated novel to win a Hugo Award. Prior to becoming a writer, Liu worked as an engineer in a power plant in Yangquan.\n\u003cb\u003eJoel Martinsen\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Forest\u003c\/i\u003e by Cixin Liu and (with Alice Xin Liu) of \u003ci\u003eThe Problem With Me\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays by Han Han. His translations of short fiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePathlight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChutzpah\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Beijing.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 496 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65880119738717,"sku":"K090393706","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9039370600001A.jpg?v=1789008524","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/ball-lightning-cixin-liu","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}