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Description

A collection of stories about time, space, and the evolution of the universe in which the author blends mathematics with poetic imagination. “Calvino does what very few writers can do: he describes imaginary worlds with the most extraordinary precision and beauty” (Gore Vidal, New York Review... read more

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First Sentence

According to the calculations of H. Gerstenkorn, later developed by H. Alfven, the terrestrial continents are simply fragments of the Moon which fell upon our planet.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Italo Calvino (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. William Weaver (Translator)
 

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