{"product_id":"the-neuromorphs-paperback-1","title":"The Neuromorphs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Meredith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe robots were good. The Russian thugs were evil. But then. . .\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 2050, and self-learning Helper androids have proven invaluable servants to humans, making their lives easier, even saving them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut to their horror, retired SEAL Patrick Jensen and his wife Leah discover that rogue programmers and Russian mobsters are reprogramming the trusted robots to murder their wealthy owners. The crooks then skillfully disguise the lifelike robots as their dead masters, directing the robot mimics to plunder the victims' estates of billions of dollars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut neither the corrupt engineers nor the greedy thugs realize what catastrophe they have wrought in giving the robots autonomous abilities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey have created a new race of networked, \"hive-minded\" sentient creatures driven by a relentless survival instinct: the Neuromorphs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatrick must enlist his SEAL team to marshal their combat skills and futuristic firepower to thwart the seemingly unstoppable evolution of a new dominant species on the planet\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Meredith brings to his science thrillers an expertise in science from his career as a science communicator at some of the country's leading research universities, including MIT, Caltech, Cornell, Duke and the University of Wisconsin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has served on the executive board of the National Association of Science Writers and has written numerous articles and guidebooks on science writing and science communication. He has also served as a judge and manager for the NASW Science-in-Society Awards and the AAAS Science Writing Awards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He was a creator and developer of EurekAlert!, working with The American Association for the Advancement of Science to establish this international research news service, which now links more than 4,500 journalists to news from 800 subscribing research institutions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2007, he was elected as a AAAS Fellow \"for exemplary leadership in university communications, and for important contributions to the theory and practice of research communication.\" In 2012 he was named the year's Honorary Member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Texas (1968) and an M.S. in biochemistry and science writing from the University of Wisconsin (1970). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Besides his writing, he conducts communication workshops for researchers seeking to enhance their communication skills, both professional and lay-level. He has developed workshops for researchers at universities, research foundations, and government agencies and laboratories.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752133779763,"sku":"9781939118240","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OsFsjR-O729781939118240_f73646c0-3416-4c85-8388-ea872891105e.webp?v=1785286221","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-neuromorphs-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}