{"product_id":"the-greatest-adventure-isbn-9780262551427","title":"The Greatest Adventure","description":"\u003cb\u003eA scientifically-precipitated, out-of-control tale of evolution set in Antarctica—it predates Lovecraft’s \u003ci\u003eAt the Mountains of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e—by a mathematician of note who also wrote science fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e, an expedition to Antarctica discovers remnants of an elder race with advanced technology. These ancients had discovered the secret of developing new life-forms . . . but when the mutations threatened to run amok, their creators entombed their entire civilization in ice. Intrepid aviatrix Edith Lane and her comrades must flee through caverns inhabited by the mutated monsters, and when frozen spores begin to thaw out, the planet is threatened by malign plant life. \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of horror by John Taine—the pseudonym of mathematician Eric Temple Bell—that is not without moments of humor.Series Foreword - Joshua Glenn\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Science Wonder Stories - S.L. Huang\u003cbr\u003e1 Bird or Reptile?\u003cbr\u003e2 Captain Anderson’s Story\u003cbr\u003e3 A Puzzle for Drake\u003cbr\u003e4 The Riddle of the Rocks\u003cbr\u003e5 “Battles Long Ago”\u003cbr\u003e6 A Witness to the Truth\u003cbr\u003e7 Beached\u003cbr\u003e8 A Significant Hint\u003cbr\u003e9 Into It\u003cbr\u003e10 Undaunted\u003cbr\u003e11 Hot Water\u003cbr\u003e12 Trapped\u003cbr\u003e13 Hades\u003cbr\u003e14 The Devil Chick\u003cbr\u003e15 Anticipations\u003cbr\u003e16 Attack\u003cbr\u003e17 At Close Quarters\u003cbr\u003e18 The Enemy\u003cbr\u003e19 Attacked\u003cbr\u003e20 Desperate\"What makes the Radium Age series so valuable is how it illuminates the origins of science fiction tropes we take for granted. \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the literary DNA of Lovecraft's cosmic horror.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoing Boing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e is both a rousing adventure and a pioneering work of environmental fiction reflecting concerns over extractivism, the role of science in warfare, and the future of scientific inquiry.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Siobhan Maria Carroll, Associate Professor, University of Delaware\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A mixture of H. Rider Haggard, Conan Doyle, Roy Chapman Andrews, and a bottle of excellent gin.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCalifornia Tech \u003c\/i\u003e(1929)\u003c\/b\u003eS. L. Huang is a Hugo-winning, bestselling author who justifies an MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. Huang is the author of the Cas Russell novels from Tor Books, including \u003ci\u003eZero Sum Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNull Set\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCritical Point\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the new fantasies \u003ci\u003eBurning Roses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Water Outlaws\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric Temple Bell (1883–1960) was a mathematician who taught at the California Institute of Technology. The eponym of Bell polynomials and Bell numbers of combinatorics, his 1937 book \u003ci\u003eMen of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e would help to inspire Julia Robinson, John Forbes Nash, Jr., Andrew Wiles, and other future mathematicians. Writing as “John Taine,” he published many proto-sf novels.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300557934821,"sku":"NP9780262551427","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262551427.jpg?v=1767739660","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-greatest-adventure-isbn-9780262551427","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}