{"product_id":"journeys-of-imagination-michael-r-slavit-phdthe-9798986015316","title":"Journeys of Imagination: Science Fiction Short Stories","description":"Taking existing issues and trends and projecting them into the future makes science fiction an exciting treat. And, if this can be accomplished with short stories -- not requiring you to slog through a lengthy novel -- so much the better! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are tens of thousands of objects in orbit around the Sun. If a large such object were to be found on a trajectory to strike Earth, a cooperative multinational effort might be needed to divert it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are rapidly developing artificial intelligence. Such visionaries as Elon Musk and the late Stephen Hawking have warned that runaway growth of artificial super-intelligence could spell the end of the human era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlpha Centauri, a triple star system, is the closest star to us -- 4.3 light years distant. Is it possible we could send a human being there? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough the sheer enormity of time and space makes contact with an alien civilization unlikely, such contact is nonetheless within the realm of possibility. If an advanced race of beings were to encounter us, would they want to make contact? Or, would they find us technologically worthy, but not philosophically and socially worthy, of contact? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat would happen if, as some have speculated, a human being's consciousness could be uploaded onto a computer chip and inserted into a device? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of short stories, Dr. Michael Slavit explores these and other questions regarding the future of human civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael R. Slavit Phdthe,Michael R. Slavit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986015316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael R Slavit, PhD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Michael R. Slavit Phdthe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801000915199,"sku":"9798986015316","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/journeys-of-imagination-michael-r-slavit-phdthe-9798986015316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}