The Hunter: A Scientific Novel

di Giancarlo Genta (Autore)

Springer International Publishing AG, 2013

The 24th century: humankind has become a spacefaring civilization, colonizing the solar system and beyond. While no alien forms of life have yet been encountered in this expansion into space, colonists suddenly encounter machines of alien origin - huge robots able to reproduce themselves. Called replicators by the colonists, they seem to have but a single goal: to destroy all organic life they come in contact with. Since the colonial governments have no means to fight this menace directly, they instead promise huge rewards to whoever destroys a replicator. As a result, the frontier attracts a new kind of adventurers, the Hunters, who work to find and destroy the replicators. Mike Edwards, a skilled young maintenance technician and robotics expert at a faraway outpost, will not only become one of them - but be the very first one to unlock the secret behind the replicators’ origin and mission.   The scientific and technical aspects underlying the plot - in particular space travel, robotics and self-replicating spacecraft - are introduced and discussed by the author in an extensive non-technical appendix.

• Autore: Giancarlo Genta
• Editore: Springer International Publishing AG
• Collana: Science and Fiction
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 130 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783319020594

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