Professor Clare and her team of postdocs and graduate students struggle to create an artificial intelligence capable of running a factory which can manufacture all parts required for its maintenance and replication. Meanwhile, a massive asteroid is tracked as its orbit threatens to intersect that of Earth. Can the space agencies of Earth avert disaster? Can Clare and her team remain focused on their task in ...Täielik kirjeldus
Professor Clare and her team of postdocs and graduate students struggle to create an artificial intelligence capable of running a factory which can manufacture all parts required for its maintenance and replication. Meanwhile, a massive asteroid is tracked as its orbit threatens to intersect that of Earth. Can the space agencies of Earth avert disaster? Can Clare and her team remain focused on their task in spite of the threat? The life of creative scientists in an academic setting is portrayed in vivid detail.