Jimbo's Assumption by Richard N Philip

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Jimbo's Assumption by Richard N Philip

Homo sapiens: development is deviating from projections. With 10 billion Earth-years of galactic experience, the Intelligence, the ethereal presence led by the Energy Masters, discerns something special in this complex creature and its accelerating scientific capabilities.
Their sub-processor and Earth project manager will surely explain. After 100,000 years with his client, the Homo sapiens, can 221 offer enlightenment?
Jimbo, a hesitant hero, knew that Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, was a great place to grow up and study science. Summer, 1996: pleasingly unexceptional, with good friends in a wonderful city. The recent creation of Dolly the Sheep gave him vacation work, cataloguing mathematical models. Happy days. Until his sleep is interrupted by the nebulous 221, obliging him to rescue the models from nocturnal thieves. A chase ensues, across and underneath the city, but armed gangsters are no match for Jimbo's new night vision and his galactic minder, 221. The police are doubtful.
221 tries to account for his client's extraordinary progress, while the Energy Masters struggle from suspicion through bemusement to inconclusiveness. Fortunately, Jimbo participates, while he sleeps.
A story of human development, described to our hero in 100 seconds. Meet an eclectic assortment of scientific wizards who created our modern world. Humour exists, galactically rare. 221 believes the human brain is the galaxy's most complex machine, running on only 20 watts.
Set in beautiful Edinburgh and the wider Milky Way.
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ISBN 13 9781398474963
ISBN 10 1398474967
Title Jimbo's Assumption
Author Richard N Philip
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Austin Macauley Publishers
Year published 2023-11-10
Number of pages 350
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.