01995cam a2200325 i 4500 424327358 TxAuBib 20171003120000.0 170929s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385514231 0385514239 (OCoLC)968162738 AZZPT eng AZZPT YDX BDX FN4 GPM CHILD T3S OCLCF HEV IHZ CHY ORK MLY KZS UAP TxAuBib rda Brown, Dan, 1964- Origin : a novel / Dan Brown. New York : Doubleday, 2017. ©2017. 461 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Robert Langdon ; ; 5 Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever". The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human existence. But Langdon and several hundred other guests are left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated evening is blown apart before Kirsch's precious discovery can be revealed. With his life under threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape, along with the museum's director, Ambra Vidal. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret. 20171003. Langdon, Robert (Fictitious character) Fiction. Cryptographers Fiction. Code and cipher stories. Spain Fiction. Robert Langdon ; ; 5.