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The Andromeda Strain by Crichton, Michael

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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780394415253
Book Title
Andromeda Strain
Item Length
8.5in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
1969
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.3in
Author
Michael Crichton
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Medical, Science Fiction / General
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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"This book recounts the five-day history of a major American scientific crisis. As in most crises, the events surrounding the Andromeda Strain were a compound of foresight and foolishness, innocence and ignorance. Nearly everyone involved had moments of great brilliance, and moments of unaccountable stupidity...." Thus begins this extraordinary novel of the world's first space-age biological emergency. The Andromeda Strain sets forth with almost documentary verisimilitude the unfolding story of "Project Wildfire" -- the crash mobilization of the nation's highest scientific and medical resources when an unmanned research satellite returns to earth mysteriously and lethally contaminated. Four American scientists, chosen in advance for their experimental achievements in the fields of clinical microbiology, epidemiology, pathology, and electrolyte chemistry, are summoned under conditions of total news blackout and utmost urgency to Wildfire's secret laboratory five stories beneath the Nevada desert. There -- surrounded by banks of the most sophisticated computer-assisted equipment, and sealed off from the outside world except for a telecommunications link with the national security apparatus -- they work against the threat of a worldwide epidemic to find an antidote to the unknown microorganism that has inexplicably killed all but two inhabitants (an elderly derelict and an infant) of the tiny Arizona town where the satellite was retrieved. Step by step they begin to unravel the puzzle of the Andromeda Strain, until, terrifyingly, their microbacterial "adversary" ruptures the hypersterile seal of the laboratory and their already desperate search for a biomedical answer becomes a split-second race against an atomic deadline. With its narrative force, its scientific detail, its suspense -- as four brilliant individualists work together under ultimate pressure -- this novel makes real for the reader the real world of today's science and medicine at the top-secret levels of the Science-Space-Military high command. The author is a trained scientist. Newspaper stories from NASA that have appeared since the completion of the manuscript read like details from The Andromeda Strain...

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394415256
ISBN-13
9780394415253
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Andromeda Strain
Author
Michael Crichton
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Medical, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year
1969
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.R48
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.5/4
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by dive72
    Mar 22, 2020Top favourable review

    The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton

    I read the sequel Andromeda Evolution and figured I had to read the original novel. Super sci-fi by Michael Crichton!! Product was as described, in excellent condition IMO for a 50 year old book !!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: discover-books

  • by ashepard5561
    Nov 08, 2022

    A great read!

    Even though it is dated, it still seems very realistic and compelling. An excellent read!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: lind-meder

  • by hLIk6UXWRFG@Deleted
    Dec 26, 2017

    book was not full size and was not a first edition or printing

    so far, very interesting

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: linderlegacy

  • by A89KANKQShm@Deleted
    Dec 06, 2006

    The Andromeda Strain

    Michael is one of my all time favorite authors, I have read all of his books, And my only complaint is that he doesnt write fast enough, I need at least one new book every week :O) I wont divulge any plots of the book because if you are like me you dont wont to know the plots until you reach them in the book. But I do highly recomend this book.

  • by matthshipl
    Mar 31, 2018

    A must read.

    If you are looking for a good science novel to read, don’t pass this up. This is a must read!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: MMEB9CKRRXC@Deleted

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