{"product_id":"man-from-planet-earth-book-giancarlo-genta-9783319211145","title":"A Man From Planet Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometime in the not-too-distant future ... unbeknownst to Earth, the Galaxy is home to a number of spacefaring societies. This confederation enforces a strict protocol forbidding any contact with civilizations that have not yet achieved both a substantial spacefaring capability and sufficient maturity to control the technology explosion before triggering their own extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile this policy is intended to only bring in peaceful new members, matters change entirely when the confederation is threatened by some unknown entity - is the menace real or imagined? The confederation decides to break with the rules and sends a delegate to Earth to hire one of the supposedly belligerent Earthlings to investigate and to revive the confederation’s long-unused starfleet. The Earthman agrees, but demands a high price: should he succeed, the confederation will have to accept Earth as a new member. As the threat becomes ever more acute, the question soon becomes which mission will prove harder - saving the confederation or convincing it to accept the deal!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extensive appendix, written in non-technical language, reviews the scientific and technological topics underlying the plot - ranging from the Fermi paradox, space travel and artificial\/collective intelligence to theories on possible universal convergences in technological and biological development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52433747869969,"sku":"NLS9783319211145","price":51.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":54116818026769,"sku":"NIN9783319211145","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9783319211145.jpg?v=1759178924","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/man-from-planet-earth-book-giancarlo-genta-9783319211145","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}