Andrew May ist ein ehemaliger Wissenschaftler mit einem MA der Universität Cambridge und einem Doktortitel in Astrophysik der Universität Manchester. Nach einer dreißigjährigen Karriere in akademischen, staatlichen und privaten Sektoren arbeitet er nun als freiberuflicher Schriftsteller und Berater im Südwesten Englands. Seine Arbeit befasst sich mit vielfältigen Themen, von Verteidigungstechnologie und Geschichte bis hin zu Physik, Forteana und New-Age-Glauben. Mays Schriften zeichnen sich durch scharfen Intellekt und die einzigartige Fähigkeit aus, scheinbar disparate Felder zu verbinden und dem Leser eine besondere Perspektive auf die Welt zu bieten.
In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, a video featuring Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Devon goes viral as it showcases his accurate prediction of the quake's location and date. This unexpected twist thrusts Devon into the spotlight, raising questions about his foresight and the implications of his predictions. The story delves into themes of scientific credibility, public perception, and the consequences of foreknowledge in a world shaken by disaster.
In chasing his impossible goal, Newton managed to contribute more to our
understanding of the universe than anyone else in history.ANDREW MAY went to
the same Cambridge college, Trinity, as Sir Isaac Newton.
This book follows Thomas Jones, the first Welsh missionary from rural Wales to
Cherrapunji, now one of the most Christianised parts of India. It foregrounds
broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised
the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control. -- .
Pulled out of retirement when someone sabotages an innovative aerospace project, Brad Tasker, drawn into a dangerous conspiracy-and a string of suspicious deaths, is targeted by assassins and, with no one to trust, must adapt to a new game of espionage or die.
A Wall Street Journal bestselling series. Searching for a missing diver takes a Florida detective on a deep-diving adventure in a gripping thriller by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Sea Castle. After the Underwater Investigation Unit's disbandment, public outcry ushers Sloan McPherson and her partner, former navy diver Scott Hughes, back into the depths of crime solving. But Sloan's return comes with a personal case. Longtime family friend Fred Stafford has disappeared. Left behind: his abandoned truck in the vicinity of an unmarked sinkhole and new findings that have Sloan second-guessing everything she thought she knew about the man. There are his gambling debts, his association with a treasure-hunting band of underwater cavern junkies called the Dive Rats, and most alarming of all, a discovery in Stafford's storage shed that raises the stakes even higher and plunges Sloan into an unfathomable mystery. As Sloan's investigation unfolds, a tragic Florida cold case, local superstitions, and a shocking conspiracy collide. For Sloan, finding Stafford and uncovering the buried secrets of the past soon drag her deeper into the dark unknown than she feared.
Over the centuries, extraterrestrial hunters of the Yautja race-also known as
the Predators-have encountered (and stalked) humans on Earth and in the depths
of space. Offered here are sixteen all-new stories of such hunts, written by
many of today's most extraordinary authors.
He may not have been the most important or influential of them - the point is
arguable - but there is no doubt he was the most revolutionary. His
philosophical and political utterances - both real and imagined - are
regularly used to clinch arguments online or in the pub.
A Wall Street Journal bestselling series. A deep diving investigator is pulled into the depths of a string of unsolved serial murders in a riveting thriller by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Sea Storm. When a young woman washes ashore on a Fort Lauderdale beach, Sloan McPherson of the Underwater Investigation Unit is called in to consult. Sloan's instinct says murder, but even then, there are too many questions. For answers she reaches out to Gwen Wylder. The Miami homicide detective is notorious for being manipulative, bitter, a tyrant to her peers, and wicked smart. And she demands something in return from Sloan: fresh insight into seemingly unrelated cold-case murders and disappearances--and a possible serial killer trolling the Florida coast. As loose ends of the old files begin to come together, another woman disappears. Sloan and Gwen are certain she's the newest link in a deadly chain. They are determined to track her down before she dies, but they soon find themselves in uncharted waters. And the deeper Sloan and Gwen go, the stranger the case gets.
The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world had never seen. Yet not everyone was taken by surprise. From super-powerful atomic weapons to rockets and space travel, readers of science fiction (SF) had seen it all before. Sometimes reality lived up to the SF vision, at other times it didn’t. The hydrogen bomb was as terrifyingly destructive as anything in fiction, while real-world lasers didn't come close to the promise of the classic SF ray gun. Nevertheless, when the scientific Cold War culminated in the Strategic Defence Initiative of the 1980s, it was so science-fictional in its aspirations that the media dubbed it “Star Wars”. This entertaining account, offering a plethora of little known facts and insights from previously classified military projects, shows how the real-world science of the Cold War followed in the footsteps of SF – and how the two together changed our perception of both science and scientists, and paved the way to the world we live in today.
Dr. Theo Cray and FBI agent Jessica Blackwood follow a deadly celestial trail in a thrilling novel by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Mastermind. A signal is detected at the outer edge of the solar system. Computational biologist Dr. Theo Cray and magician-turned-FBI-agent Jessica Blackwood are looking--and listening--a little closer. The man at the center of this cosmic mystery is billionaire Thomas T. Theismann. He's spent a lifetime--and a fortune--trying to find out if we're alone in the universe. Highly skeptical, Theo joins the effort to find the source of the signal, and he quickly enlists Jessica to look into the suspicious death of another academic at the lab. As their investigations converge, they uncover curious connections to the otherworldly contact, including a 1970s science-fiction writer and the body of an astronaut found buried in an ancient tomb. As they delve into Theismann's history, Theo and Jessica's fascination with the signal intensifies. How dangerous will the investigation get? That depends on how deep into the unknown Theo and Jessica are prepared to venture.
