The Engines Of God

Author : Jack McDevitt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101532742
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Engines Of God written by Jack McDevitt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Priscilla Hutchins novel from Jack McDevitt, hailed by Stephen King as “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.” Humans call them the Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues on distant planets in the galaxy. Each relic is different. Each inscription defies translation. Yet all are heartbreakingly beautiful. And for planet Earth, on the brink of disaster, they may hold the only key to survival for the entire human race.

Author : Camille Flammarion
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Omega written by Camille Flammarion and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2018-09-10T20:12:50Z with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1842, Camille Flammarion was a French astronomer who wrote many popular books about science and astronomy, together with a number of novels which we would now consider to be science fiction. He was a contemporary of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, though his works never achieved their level of popularity. Omega: The Last Days of the World is an English translation of Flammarion’s novel La Fin du Monde, published in 1893. The book’s fictional premise is the discovery of a comet on a collision course with the Earth in the 25th century. However, this is mostly a pretext on which Flammarion can hang his interesting scientific speculations about how the world will end, together with philosophical thoughts about war and religion. Much of the scientific description he uses in the book, while accurately representing the knowledge and thinking of his time, has today been superseded by modern discoveries. For example, we now know the source of the Sun’s energy to be nuclear fusion rather than being due to gravitational contraction and the constant infall of meteorites. When talking about the ills of society, however, Flammarion could well be talking about today’s world. For example, he excoriates the vast waste of society’s resources on war, and demonstrates how much more productive each nation’s economy would be without it. He also depicts the media of his future world as having been entirely taken over by commercial interests, publishing only what will excite the greatest number of readers rather than serving the public interest. Omega ranges over a vast period of time, from prehistory through to millions of years in the future when mankind has been reduced to the last two doomed individuals. Nevertheless, the book ends on a hopeful and inspiring note. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Author : John Scalzi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781596062993
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The God Engines written by John Scalzi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devoted to the Bishopry Militant and to his crew, ship captain Ean Tephe is given a secret mission to a hidden land.

Author : Jack McDevitt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101190531
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chindi written by Jack McDevitt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-10-28 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a routine survey mission studying a neutron star, an Academy starship receives a transmission in an unknown language. Before leaving the area, the starship launches a series of satellites to find the signal—and perhaps discover its origins. Five years later, a satellite finally encounters the signal—which is believed to be of extraterrestrial origin by the Contact Society, a wealthy group of enthusiasts who fund research into the existence of alien life. Providing a starship to the Academy to be piloted by Captain Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins, the Contact Society embarks on a mission to find the source of the transmission. Across a myriad of stars, from world to world, Hutch and her crew follow the signal, but find only puzzles and lethal surprises. Then, in a planetary system far beyond the bounds of previous exploration, they discover an object. It is immense, ominous, and mysterious. And it may hold the answer not only to the questions of the Contact Society, but to those of every person who has ever looked to the sky and wondered if we were alone...

Author : Jack McDevitt
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061976660
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deepsix written by Jack McDevitt and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 2204, tragedy and terror forced a scientific team to prematurely evacuate Maleiva III. Nineteen years later, a rogue moon hurtling through space is about to obliterate the last opportunity to study this rare, life-supporting planet. With less than three weeks left before the disaster, superluminal pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins -- the only even remotely qualified professional within lightyears of the ill-fated planet -- must lead a small scientific team to the surface to glean whatever they can about its lifeforms and lost civilizations before time runs out. But catastrophe awaits when they are stranded on this strange and complex world of puzzles and impossibilities. And now Hutch and her people must somehow survive on a hostile world going rapidly mad -- as the clock ticks toward apocalypse for a doomed enigma now called...

Author : John H. Lienhard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195167313
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Engines of Our Ingenuity written by John H. Lienhard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the nature of creativity in engineering and technology, and how it relates to creativity in art or science. Lienhard has for ten years done a twice-weekly radio show, carried on about 35 NPR stations, consisting of 3-minute essays on technology. He uses the substance of selected segments of his radio program to create a continuous narrative presenting his insights on technological creativity. This book has the same title as his radio program, to further draw the attention of his one million listeners.

Author : Ola Borishade
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456738631
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gentlemen, Start Your Engines! written by Ola Borishade and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines! is a manual on inspiration, goal-pursuit and purposeful living. It clearly explains the christian worldview and how it forms a basis for human existence. The author provides Biblical answers to common existential questions beginning with the concept of God. In a thought-provoking style, the book prompts the reader to ask basic philosophical questions. This questioning approach creates a depth of discussion that will stimulate and engage an open-mind. The book transition into a set of latter chapters that are meant to activate and propel. The author postulates that the realization of God-given purpose must lead on to the urgent pursuit of vision. Men are particularly challenged to locate themselves in their strategic role in God's Grand Plan.

Author : Jonathan Sawday
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134267932
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engines of the Imagination written by Jonathan Sawday and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the artificial divide between technological studies and cultural history, Engines of the Imagination traces the story of the imaginative encounter with machines and machinery in the European Renaissance.

Author : Henry Ward Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christian Union written by Henry Ward Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gardner F. Fox
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789354756245
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engines Of The Gods written by Gardner F. Fox and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.