Editing Time for the Stars (section)

{{Short description|1956 juvenile science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name         = Time for the Stars
| title_orig   =
| image        = Tfts56.jpg
| caption      = First Edition cover
| author       = [[Robert A. Heinlein]]
| cover_artist = [[Clifford Geary]]
| country      = United States
| language     = English
| series       = [[Heinlein juveniles]]
| genre        = [[Science fiction]]
| publisher    = [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner's]]
| release_date = 1956
| media_type   = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages        =
| 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 [[Charles Scribner's Sons|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]].