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Prisonniers du temps

Edicion du Club France Loisirs
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An edition of Timeline (1672)

Prisonniers du temps

Edicion du Club France Loisirs
  • 3.55 ·
  • 47 Ratings
  • 143 Want to read
  • 9 Currently reading
  • 65 Have read

Sur une route désertique au beau milieu de l'Arizona, un couple découvre un vieil homme en robe de bure. Ses doigts souffrent de gelures, il n'a plus toute sa téte et parle sans cesse d'écume quantique. Quelques heures plus tard, il décéde å l'höpital de Gallup. On retrouve sur lui les plans d'un monastére franqais du XIVe siécle et un objet fabriqué par la société ITC. Cette société, spécialisée en haute technologie et en physique quantique, est dirigée par l'arrogant Robert Doniger. Celui-ci finance une expédition archéologique sur les rives de la Dordogne. Quelle n'est pas la surprise des chercheurs lorsqu'ils découvrent que le plan trouvé sur le vieil homme recéle des informations précieuses pour leurs recherches. Quelques jours plus tard, ils exhument des parchemins vieux de six cent cinquante ans : l'un d'eux, daté du 4 juillet 1357 est signé par le professeur Johnson, leur propre directeur de recherche, parti rencontrer Doniger deux jours plus töt...
--front flap

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Language
French
Pages
619

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Cover of: Prisonniers du temps
Prisonniers du temps
2001, Éd. France loisirs
Hardcover in French - Edicion du Club France Loisirs
Cover of: Timeline
Timeline
2000, BCA
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Timeline
Timeline
2000-11, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books domestic edition (12)
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Prisonniers du temps: roman
2000-05, Le Grand livre du mois
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Timeline
2000-11, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books Canadian Edition (1)
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Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First Trade Edition
Cover of: Timeline
Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First Trade Edition
Cover of: Timeline
Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - 1st Trade Edition
Cover of: Timeline
Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First Trade Edition
Cover of: Timeline
Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - 1st Trade Edition

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Paris

First Sentence

"II y a cent ans, quand le XLV si&cle touchait å sa fin, les scientifiques du monde entier étaient convaincus d'étre arrivés å une représentation exacte du monde physique."

Edition Notes

Bibliogr., 2 p.

Copyright Date
2000
Translation Of
Timeline
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Patrick Berthon

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
620 p.
Number of pages
619

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30115049M
Internet Archive
prisonniersdutem0000cric
ISBN 10
2744142131
ISBN 13
9782744142130
OCLC/WorldCat
468521595, 1200558304
Amazon ID (ASIN)
2744142131
Goodreads
3354648

Work Description

Timeline is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his twelfth under his own name and twenty-second overall, published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel to 14th-century France to rescue their professor. The book follows in Crichton's long history of combining science, technical details, and action in his books, this time addressing quantum and multiverse theory.

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He should never have taken that shortcut.
added by Lisa. "first sentence."

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