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Ratner's Star is a 1976 novel by Don DeLillo. It relates the story of a child prodigy mathematician who arrives at a secret installation to work on the problem of deciphering a mysterious message that appears to come from outer space.
- Don DeLillo
- 1976
Jan 1, 1976 · Ratner's Star. Don DeLillo. 3.47. 2,244 ratings234 reviews. Billy Twillig has won the first Nobel Prize ever to be given in mathematics. Set in the near future, this book charts an innocent's education when Billy is sent to live in the company of 30 Nobel laureates and he is asked to decipher transmissions from outer space.
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Apr 18, 2021 · Ratner's Star. by. DeLillo, Don. Publication date. 1991. Topics. Life on other planets -- Fiction, Teenagers -- Fiction, Life on other planets, Teenagers, 20th century general fiction. Publisher. Vintage (Random Century Group)
May 19, 2016 · Synopsis. When Billy Twillig, a genius adolescent, wins the first Nobel Prize ever to be given in mathematics, he is recruited to live and work in the company of thirty Nobel laureates in obscurity underground.
Dec 31, 2014 · Ratner's Star. by. Don DeLillo. Publication date. 1989-07-17. Topics. Modern fiction, Fiction - General, Fiction, Literary, Fiction / General. Publisher. Vintage.
Ratner’s Star uses the story of an innocent’s ‘education’ as the launching pad for a provocative, prodigious satire on those pioneers who journey beyond the frontiers of knowledge and end up more ignorant than they were when they set forth.”
--The New YorkerOne of DeLillo's first novels, Ratner's Star follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to...
