Preston, Douglas J.
Summary: NASA is designing a probe-raft-which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn's great moon Titan. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. A NASA team led by Melissa Shepherd has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI software program to operate the raft autonomously. As the probe is being tested an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PREPullman, Philip
Summary: "Lyra Silvertongue thought her adventuring days were long over. Now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia's College, she could almost begin to doubt that she'd once traveled to the world of the dead were it not for the painful separation from her daemon, Pantalaimon. But intrigue is swirling around Lyra once more. Pantalaimon witnesses a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC PULPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: NASA is designing a probe-raft-which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. A NASA team led by Melissa Veld develops a powerful, AI software program to operate the raft autonomously. As the probe is being tested an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in the raft, called 'Jane,' flees into the Internet. Wyman Ford is tapped by the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014