The Infinity Link

Author : Jeffrey A. Carver
Publisher : Starstream Publications
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611384895

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The Infinity Link by Jeffrey A. Carver Pdf

Mysterious travelers...impossible love... The year is 2034, and at the Sandaran Research Center, a young woman named Mozy participates in a cyberlink experiment via tachyon beam. So intimate is the connection that she falls hopelessly in love with her distant partner, David Kadin, a man she has met only through the link. Upon learning that the project is to be terminated—and wanting desperately to fulfill her dreams—Mozy makes a daring decision. Her choice catapults her into a flight of astounding discovery—one that puts her squarely in the path of a potential war, communication with the whales of Earth, and secret first contact with visitors from the stars. Are the aliens enemies or friends? No one knows, and now it may fall to this young woman alone to discover the truth. Caught in a telepathic link with the Talenki voyagers, Mozy's personal odyssey becomes entwined with the fate of all of Humanity. Combining visionary speculation with passionate human characters, The Infinity Link is an epic work of transcendent science fiction and an exploration into the very nature of humanity. From the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity’s End and recipient of the Frank Herbert Lifetime Achievement Award for science fiction writing. REVIEWS: “A long, ambitious work, painted on a canvas as big as the solar system. The concept itself is even larger—the eventual linkup of various intelligent life forms of our galaxy, including humans, whales and several alien races. Carver carefully sets up his story and develops it in a meticulous fashion...it works very well.” —Publishers Weekly “A complex, rich, and satisfying novel.” —Fantasy Review “A compelling vision of our world on the day after tomorrow.” —Joan D. Vinge, author of The Snow Queen “A satisfying and rewarding visionary experience.” —Analog “A rich novel of immense scope, with the most detailed and brilliant descriptive passages of empathic and telepathic communication. Highly recommended.” —SF and Fantasy Reviews “A book I just couldn’t put down. Murder, mystery, suspense, romance and love—The Infinity Link has it all.” —Taxi Globe “Carver’s most ambitious and most successful work to date. Hopefully a portent of even better things to come.” —Science Fiction Chronicle

Author : Guy Pujolle,Harry Perros,Serge Fdida,Ulf Körner,Ioannis Stavrakakis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540455516

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NETWORKING 2000. Broadband Communications, High Performance Networking, and Performance of Communication Networks by Guy Pujolle,Harry Perros,Serge Fdida,Ulf Körner,Ioannis Stavrakakis Pdf

This was the first conference jointly organized by the IFIP Working Groups 6. 2, 6. 3, and 6. 4. Each of these three Working Groups has its own established series of conferences. Working Group 6. 2 sponsors the Broadband Communications series of conferences (Paris 1995, Montreal 1996, Lisboa 1997, Stuttgart 1998, and Hong-Kong 1999). Working Group 6. 3 sponsors the Performance of Communication Systems series of conferences (Paris 1981, Zürich 1984, Rio de Janeiro 1987, Barcelona 1990, Raleigh 1993, Istanbul 1995, and Lund 1998). Working Group 6. 4 sponsors the High Performance Networking series of conferences (Aaren 1987, Liège 1988, Berlin 1990, Liège 1992, Grenoble 1994, Palma 1995, New York 1997, Vienna 1998). It is expected that this new joint conference will take place every two years. In view of the three sponsoring Working Groups, there were three separate tracks, one per Working Group. Each track was handled by a different co chairman. Specifically, the track of Working Group 6. 2 was handled by Ulf Körner, the track of Working Group 6. 3 was handled by Ioanis Stavrakakis, and the track of Working Group 6. 4 was handled by Serge Fdida. The overall program committee chairman was Harry Perros, and the general conference chairman was Guy Pujolle. A total of 209 papers were submitted to the conference of which 82 were accepted. Each paper was submitted to one of the three tracks.

Author : Hussein T. Mouftah,Pin-Han Ho
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461511694

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Optical Networks by Hussein T. Mouftah,Pin-Han Ho Pdf

Optical Networks - Architecture and Survivability, is a state-of-the-art work on survivable and cost-effective design of control and management for networks with IP directly over Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology (or called Optical Internet). The authors address issues of signaling mechanisms, resource reservation, and survivable routing and wavelength assignment. Special emphasis has been given to the design of meshed, middle-sized, and wavelength-routed networks with dynamic traffic in the optical domain, such as the next-generation Metropolitan Area Network. Research and development engineers, graduate students studying wavelength-routed WDM networks, and senior undergraduate students with a background in algorithms and networking will find this book interesting and useful. This work may also be used as supplemental readings for graduate courses on internetworking, routing, survivability, and network planning algorithms.

Author : Armando Carlos De Pina Filho
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783902613004

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Humanoid Robots by Armando Carlos De Pina Filho Pdf

For many years, the human being has been trying, in all ways, to recreate the complex mechanisms that form the human body. Such task is extremely complicated and the results are not totally satisfactory. However, with increasing technological advances based on theoretical and experimental researches, man gets, in a way, to copy or to imitate some systems of the human body. These researches not only intended to create humanoid robots, great part of them constituting autonomous systems, but also, in some way, to offer a higher knowledge of the systems that form the human body, objectifying possible applications in the technology of rehabilitation of human beings, gathering in a whole studies related not only to Robotics, but also to Biomechanics, Biomimmetics, Cybernetics, among other areas. This book presents a series of researches inspired by this ideal, carried through by various researchers worldwide, looking for to analyze and to discuss diverse subjects related to humanoid robots. The presented contributions explore aspects about robotic hands, learning, language, vision and locomotion.

Author : Kraft
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461237020

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Topological Methods in Algebraic Transformation Groups by Kraft Pdf

In recent years, there has been increasing interest and activity in the area of group actions on affine and projective algebraic varieties. Tech niques from various branches of mathematics have been important for this study, especially those coming from the well-developed theory of smooth compact transformation groups. It was timely to have an interdisciplinary meeting on these topics. We organized the conference "Topological Methods in Alg~braic Transformation Groups," which was held at Rutgers University, 4-8 April, 1988. Our aim was to facilitate an exchange of ideas and techniques among mathematicians studying compact smooth transformation groups, alge braic transformation groups and related issues in algebraic and analytic geometry. The meeting was well attended, and these Proceedings offer a larger audience the opportunity to benefit from the excellent survey and specialized talks presented. The main topics concerned various as pects of group actions, algebraic quotients, homogeneous spaces and their compactifications. The meeting was made possible by support from Rutgers University and the National Science Foundation. We express our deep appreciation for this support. We also thank Annette Neuen for her assistance with the technical preparation of these Proceedings.

Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338629125

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Linked by Gordon Korman Pdf

An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestseller Gordon Korman Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in the whole town, everyone's treating her more like an outsider than ever. The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face-not just the crimes of the present, but the crimes of the past. With Linked, Gordon Korman, the author of the acclaimed novel Restart, poses a mystery for all readers where the who did it? isn't nearly as important as the why?

Author : Jeffrey A. Carver
Publisher : Starstream Publications / Book View Cafe
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611384796

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The Rapture Effect by Jeffrey A. Carver Pdf

War between the stars. It was started by an AI, and few humans even knew there was a war at all. But now people are dying, not just robots and aliens—and the AI wants it to stop. But a war is easier to start than to stop, and the computer can't alter its course without outside help. When the Gnostic Control System searches for conspirators, it chooses its friends carefully... Pali: a public relations director, who broods far too much on her unfulfilled ambitions.Ramo: a flamboyant senso-dancer and sculptor, who prefers a musical jamdam to serious conversation.Sage: an awkward systems designer, for whom the AI rapture-field is realer than life.And three of the alien Ell: Harybdartt, who would rather die with dignity than betray his people; Lingrhetta, who tries to unravel the meaning of human dance and music, pain and love; and Moramaharta, the binder, who must persuade his fellow decision-makers to risk everything for the sake of a fragile bridge of understanding across the stars. A thought-provoking novel of the not-too-distant future, from the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity’s End and The Chaos Chronicles. REVIEWS: “The story is meaty and satisfying. I enjoyed this one greatly.” —Analog Science Fiction “An absorbing, suspenseful novel of first contact and interstellar war. It’s a complex book, requiring concentration from the reader, and is well worth the effort.”—Aboriginal SF “A lively dance of ideas—first contact, interstellar war, artificial intelligence, alien culture—and it moves at a rapid pace, from Earth through cyberspace to the Horsehead Nebula, and various points between. It’s well-worth the trip ticket.” —Roger Zelazny Originally published by Tor Books

Author : Yannic Kappes
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783111069500

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Empty-Base Explanation by Yannic Kappes Pdf

This book develops and applies a novel kind of explanation: Empty-Base Explanation. While ordinary explanations have a tripartite structure involving an explanandum, a base of reasons why the explanandum obtains, and a link that connects the reasons to the explanandum, this book argues that there are explanations whose corresponding set of reasons is empty. This novel idea is located in the theoretical background of several fundamental philosophical issues. For example, it provides a convincing kind of ultimate or final explanation that completely and conclusively explains a phenomenon without involving other phenomena for which further explanations could be demanded. The possibility and fruitfulness of empty-base explanation is defended by general considerations from the theory of explanation, as well as concrete applications to the practice of explanation by status, the explanation of logical theorems, causal connections, and laws of nature, self-explanation, the use of IBE in metaphysics, the notion of zero-ground (which it provides with a solid theoretical footing), and ultimate explanation and its application to philosophical cosmology, the debate about the PSR, and the question of why there is anything at all. For this book, Yannic Kappes has received the 2022 De Gruyter Prize for Ontology and Metaphysics from the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP).

Author : Jeffrey A. Carver
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1985-10
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 0812533003

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The Infinity Link by Jeffrey A. Carver Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814476393

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Singularity Theory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Denis Ch‚niot
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1083 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789812704108

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Singularity Theory by Denis Ch‚niot Pdf

The Singularity School and Conference took place in Luminy, Marseille, from January 24th to February 25th 2005. More than 180 mathematicians from over 30 countries converged to discuss recent developments in singularity theory.The volume contains the elementary and advanced courses conducted by singularities specialists during the conference, general lectures on singularity theory, and lectures on applications of the theory to various domains. The subjects range from geometry and topology of singularities, through real and complex singularities, to applications of singularities.

Author : Mark Burris
Publisher : Virtualbookworm Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781589397231

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The Infinity Object by Mark Burris Pdf

It was just another ordinary day for astrophysicist Dr. Wendy Bell. Perched on the edge of our Solar System, Wendy and her colleagues on board the space station DeepSolar 3 studied the asteroids and comets in the Oort-the spherical cloud beyond our Solar System. It was interesting research, but hardly exciting-until Wendy discovers an ancient, dark Object entering the Solar System from deep space. At first, she's thrilled to make such an exotic discovery, but her enthusiasm soon turns into horror as the Object begins to destroy anything crossing its path, becoming larger, faster, and more deadly. Is it a black hole? Is it a weapon? As the Object moves through the Solar System, leaving unimaginable destruction in its wake, Wendy and her team must race against the clock to unlock its secrets. And time is running out, because it's already moving toward its next target-the Earth!

Author : Rachel A. Gordon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136484179

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Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences by Rachel A. Gordon Pdf

Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences provides graduate students in the social and health sciences with the basic skills that they need to estimate, interpret, present, and publish statistical models using contemporary standards. The book targets the social and health science branches such as human development, public health, sociology, psychology, education, and social work in which students bring a wide range of mathematical skills and have a wide range of methodological affinities. For these students, a successful course in statistics will not only offer statistical content but will also help them develop an appreciation for how statistical techniques might answer some of the research questions of interest to them. This book is for use in a two-semester graduate course sequence covering basic univariate and bivariate statistics and regression models for nominal and ordinal outcomes, in addition to covering ordinary least squares regression. Key features of the book include: interweaving the teaching of statistical concepts with examples developed for the course from publicly-available social science data or drawn from the literature thorough integration of teaching statistical theory with teaching data processing and analysis teaching of both SAS and Stata "side-by-side" and use of chapter exercises in which students practice programming and interpretation on the same data set and course exercises in which students can choose their own research questions and data set. This book is for a two-semester course. For a one-semester course, see http://www.routledge.com/9780415991544/

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Theology
ISBN : NYPL:33433087366799

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The Biblical Review and Congregational Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555009636

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The Biblical review, and Congregational magazine [formerly The Congregational magazine]. by Anonim Pdf