Time for the Stars
First Edition cover | |
| Author | Robert A. Heinlein |
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| Cover artist | Clifford Geary |
| Language | English |
| Series | Heinlein juveniles |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Scribner's |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded by | Tunnel in the Sky |
| Followed by | Citizen of the Galaxy |
Time for the Stars is a juvenile science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published by Scribner's in 1956 as one of the Heinlein juveniles. The basic plot line is derived from a 1911 thought experiment in special relativity, commonly called the twin paradox, proposed by French physicist Paul Langevin.