Libro: Golden Contrails

Two young scientists encounter a mysterious radio signal which, amid mounting excitement, deeply involves them and their professor in a major jolt to world history.+++ +++ +++At an ancient Cambridge College two post-graduates studying cosmic radio sources pick up some strange transmissions in their laboratory. Intrigued, their professor encourages them to investigate further - even to the extent of high-jacking Jodrell Bank.An enormous shock awaits them upon deciphering the signals, which leads to a complete change in their plans for study and career. Initially news of the discovery is kept among only a few people; then ripples from the staggering disturbance spread ever wider, eventually engulfing the whole world and changing the course of the future.After a period of rising excitement and expectation there is a historic encounter; at first they try to keep the matter under wraps but inevitably officialdom at the highest level must be involved. There an initial grumpy misgiving is replaced, first by reluctant understanding until, surprisingly, a gardening hobby triggers enthusiastic co-operation.Tension continues until at an international conference all is revealed to an amazed Planet Earth. History then begins to spiral off in a new direction and it is touch and go if the final result is benign or malign. Our heroes greatly expand their horizons – then, after five decades what started with one enigma ends with another.