The hunter a scientific novel / [electronic resource] :
- 作者： Genta, Giancarlo.
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- 其他題名：
- Science and fiction,
- 出版： Cham : Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer
- 叢書名： Science and fiction,
- 主題： Human-alien encounters--Fiction. , Life on other planets--Fiction. , Robots--Fiction. , Physics , Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. , Popular Science in Astronomy. , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. , Astrobiology. , Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) , Outer space--Exploration--Fiction.
- ISBN： 9783319020600 (electronic bk.) 、 9783319020594 (paper)
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FIND@SFXID:
CGU
- 資料類型: 電子書
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讀者標籤：
- 系統號： 005114718 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
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.