{"product_id":"the-greatest-adventure-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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51179959714066,"sku":"9780262551427","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1019323f-2741-4218-86df-2b40342e3c4c.jpg?v=1744380042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-greatest-adventure-9780262551427","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}