Dangerous Voyage To Alpha Centauri

Author : Fritz Reichert
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595423019
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Voyage to Alpha Centauri written by Fritz Reichert and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 2044, scientists have revealed new advances to extend the longevity of human life. Within the next years the world's population explodes by more than one billion people each year. Though millions live already deep under the moon's surface, it becomes necessary to search for planets outside our solar system. Tim Turner, a teacher and scientist, tackles this mission by traveling to the sun's next star, Alpha Centauri. The isolation of his task drives him to the edge of lunacy, but what he discovers could prevent the human race from destroying itself. When Turner returns to Earth thirty-six years later, he comes back to an unthinkable situation. What has happened during his absence-and what has become of the two women he loves most? A tantalizing mix of science fiction and love story, Dangerous Voyage to Alpha Centauri poses a fascinating question: Could this plot become a reality for the Earth and its residents in the not-so-distant future?

Author : Michael D. O'Brien
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681496143
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voyage to Alpha Centauri written by Michael D. O'Brien and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set eighty years in the future, this novel by the best-selling author Michael O'Brien is about an expedition sent from the planet Earth to Alpha Centauri, the star closest to our solar system. The Kosmos, a great ship that the central character Neil de Hoyos describes as a "flying city", is immense in size and capable of more than half light-speed. Hoyos is a Nobel Prize winning physicist who has played a major role in designing the ship. Hoyos has signed on as a passenger because he desires to escape the seemingly benign totalitarian government that controls everything on his home planet. He is a skeptical and quirky misanthropic humanist with old tragedies, loves, and hatreds that are secreted in his memory. The surprises that await him on the voyage-and its destination-will shatter all of his assumptions and point him to a true new horizon. Science fiction and fantasy literature are genres that have become dominant forces in contemporary worldwide culture. Our fascination with the near-angelic powers of new technology, its benefits and dangers, its potential for obsession and catastrophe, raises vital questions that this work explores about human nature and the cosmos, about man's image of himself and where he is going-and why he seeks to go there.

Author : Michael Ely
Publisher : Pocket Books/Star Trek
ISBN 13 : 9780671040772
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Centauri Dawn written by Michael Ely and published by Pocket Books/Star Trek. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a ship malfunction leads to the death of the captain, members of the starship Unity break into factions, hindering plans for building peaceful human civilization on their new planet.

Author : John W. Macvey
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey to Alpha Centauri written by John W. Macvey and published by New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1965 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael D. O'Brien
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1586178326
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voyage to Alpha Centauri written by Michael D. O'Brien and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set eighty years in the future, this novel by the best-selling author Michael O'Brien is about an expedition sent from the planet Earth to Alpha Centauri, the star closest to our solar system. The Kosmos, a great ship that the central character Neil de Hoyos describes as a "flying city", is immense in size and capable of more than half light-speed. Hoyos is a Nobel Prize winning physicist who has played a major role in designing the ship. Hoyos has signed on as a passenger because he desires to escape the seemingly benign totalitarian government that controls everything on his home planet. He is a skeptical and quirky misanthropic humanist with old tragedies, loves, and hatreds that are secreted in his memory. The surprises that await him on the voyage-and its destination-will shatter all of his assumptions and point him to a true new horizon. Science fiction and fantasy literature are genres that have become dominant forces in contemporary worldwide culture. Our fascination with the near-angelic powers of new technology, its benefits and dangers, its potential for obsession and catastrophe, raises vital questions that this work explores about human nature and the cosmos, about man's image of himself and where he is going-and why he seeks to go there.

Author : Martin Beech
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331909372X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpha Centauri written by Martin Beech and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As our closest stellar companion and composed of two Sun-like stars and a third small dwarf star, Alpha Centauri is an ideal testing ground of astrophysical models and has played a central role in the history and development of modern astronomy—from the first guesses at stellar distances to understanding how our own star, the Sun, might have evolved. It is also the host of the nearest known exoplanet, an ultra-hot, Earth-like planet recently discovered. Just 4.4 light years away Alpha Centauri is also the most obvious target for humanity’s first directed interstellar space probe. Such a mission could reveal the small-scale structure of a new planetary system and also represent the first step in what must surely be humanity’s greatest future adventure—exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy itself. For all of its closeness, α Centauri continues to tantalize astronomers with many unresolved mysteries, such as how did it form, how many planets does it contain and where are they, and how might we view its extensive panorama directly? In this book we move from the study of individual stars to the study of our Solar System and our nearby galactic neighborhood. On the way we will review the rapidly developing fields of exoplanet formation and detection.

Author : A. Ahad
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781424138333
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Ark to Alpha Centauri 2 written by A. Ahad and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Itas been two years since the Centauri Princess was plagued by a series of attacks from mysterious, winged wolf-like creatures arriving from the interstellar night. Having eliminated the threat, the lonely ark is again cruising on her silent voyage towards a near-infinitely far destination. In the midst of this sereneness, what could possibly go wrong? In the immense ocean of darkness beyond our solar system, a mining expedition is dispatched to an ice world found drifting in the Oort cloud to replenish the ark shipas uranium reserves. There, the expedition encounters mysterious revelations inside a acity of lights.a They discover something seductively beautiful yet viciously deadly. At the same time, the secret offers a solution that proves priceless to the multi-generational colony crew, eager to reach their unreachable destination in a single generation. In the end, a deadly struggle ensues amongst the arkas own crew in their quest for immortalitya]

Author : Fritz Reichert
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3758380472
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reporter Lu-ni written by Fritz Reichert and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der US-Amerikaner Tim Turner und die chinesische Reporterin Lu-ni sind ein Liebespaar, das mit familiären Gegensätzen zu kämpfen hat und politischen Entwicklungen ausgesetzt ist. Rohstoffmangel, die Machtgier von Trusts, Klimaflüchtlinge und militärische Akionen sind Entwicklungen, in die sie hineingezogen werden. Tim und Lu-ni nehmen zu den Ereignissen auf Grund ihrer jeweiligen Kultur unterschiedlich Stellung. Kann ihre Liebe Gegensätze überbrücken?

Author : Michael David O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788362207015
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture written by Michael David O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Doria Russell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345510887
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sparrow written by Mary Doria Russell and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end. Praise for The Sparrow “A startling, engrossing, and moral work of fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review “Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them.”—Entertainment Weekly “Powerful . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Provocative, challenging . . . recalls both Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells, with a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure.”—The Dallas Morning News “[Mary Doria] Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense.”—USA Today