Micro
by Michael Crichton, Richard Preston, Preston, Richard · first published 1805
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An instant classic in the vein of Jurassic Park, this boundary-pushing novel has all the hallmarks of Michael Crichton s greatest adventures with its combination of pulse-pounding thrills, cutting-edge technology, and extraordinary research. Three men are found dead in a locked second-floor office in Honolulu. There is no sign of struggle, though their bodies are covered in ultra-fine, razor sharp cuts. With no evidence, the police dismiss it as a bizarre suicide pact. But the murder weapon is still in the room, almost invisible to the human eye. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate
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I just listened to 'Micro', Michael Crichton's last book (completed by another author after his death) http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B00687OAI2&qid... That book taught me a ton about the different physics that apply…
on “How tiny insects survive the rain” ↗Micro, his last novel, was utterly, truly dreadful. But it was posthumously completed by another author (Richard Preston, who wrote The Hot Zone, which I really enjoyed, in a freaked-out way), so I don't know…
on “Michael Crichton and Computers” ↗Years ago I read a book "Micro", published posthumously by Michael Crichton. This book describes what happens when people are downsized and things like millipedes are big enough to pose a serious risk of death. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_(novel)
on “An extinct millipede the length of a car once roamed northern England” ↗Has anyone here read Micro or Prey by Michael Crichton? > In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles—micro-robots—has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing.…
on “Magnetic swarm intelligence of mass-produced, programmable microrobot assemblies” ↗