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Alla Xymos, in Nevada, sta per essere brevettata una nuova tecnologia biomedica: uno sciame di micro-videocamere che è in grado di effettuare diagnosi di estrema precisione dall’interno del corpo umano. Ma qualcosa comincia a non andare per il verso giusto e quello che all’inizio sembra un banale incidente si trasforma nella lotta contro un’entità sfuggita al controllo degli scienziati. Lo sciame si muove in modo autonomo, si riproduce e attacca l’uomo.
Ancora una volta Michael Crichton è riuscito ad anticipare temi di straordinaria attualità, come le sconvolgenti opportunità – e i relativi rischi – offerte da nanotecnologie, microrobotica e sofisticate forme di intelligenza artificiale, che sempre di più influenzano la vita di tutti noi.
- ISBN: 8811148928
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 468
- Data di uscita: 18-01-2018
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Crichton is pretty much the king of speculative science fiction. From dinosaurs, to diseases, to genetic engineering, to, in the case of Prey, nanotechnology. If you read a Crichton book and don't say to yourself, "Damn! Science is scary!", then you missed the point. This was not my favorite book of Leggi tutto
I loved this book. It was very creative and imaginative and very strange in a "good way". I think Michael Crichton is one of the best if not the best Science Fiction writers! I highly recommend this book and give it 5 shining 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars
A, for the characters, tour de force of possible nanotech escalation settings. It´s like a combination of different tropes surrounding grey goo, all seen in Sci-Fi many times from huge scales to tiny scales, resulting in the reader wondering which scenario might unfold next, what crazy ideas these n Leggi tutto
In the vast, hot, sparse dry deserts of Nevada a miracle occurs...but not for the good. Back in Silicon Valley , in California, everything seems the same, cutthroat as usual, business is business, the weak fall, and the vicious prevail until another stronger one arrives...Jack Forman is unemployed,
I felt like it was time for another Michael Crichton novel. Been awhile since I went through Jurassic Park and Lost World. And it’s rare when I read books of this length. But with the author’s raw talent, as he creates these fantastical elements using real world possibilities, along with memorable c Leggi tutto
“We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to acknowledge that we have been wrong in the past, and so might be wrong in the future. Instead, each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking by less able minds—and then confidently embarks on f Leggi tutto
Exciting and the science on emergent behaviour and self-reproduction of bots is so good and fairly plausible. Pretty dystopic thinking about it tbh. I enjoyed it!
If someone recommended to me a book about shape-shifting creatures who feed on human flesh to spawn and have a central mothership nest in the middle of a desert, I think I would have never, ever picked up that book and recommended Twilight to that person in return, out of sheer spite. Yes, and I thi Leggi tutto
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