Robert L. Forward (d. 2002) was a physicist, an inventor, and the author of eleven science fiction novels. He founded Forward Unlimited, a consultant firm specializing in exotic physics and advanced space propulsion, and cofounded the aerospace company Tethers Unlimited with Dr. Robert P. Hoyt.
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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 ... SEE MORE