{"product_id":"9780061553240","title":"Artifact","description":"  Artifact\u003cp\u003eA small cube of black rock has been unearthed in a 3500-year-old Mycenaean tomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age,its purpose, and its origins are unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue, theft andespionage, and is pushing nations to the brink of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts substance has scientists baffled. And the miracle it contains does not belong on this Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is mystery and madness — an enigma with no equal in recordedhistory. It is mankind's greatest discovery ... and worst nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may have already obliterated a world. Ours is next.A small cube of black rock has been unearthed in a 3500-year-old Mycenaen tomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age, its purpose, and its origins are unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue, theft and espionage, and is pushing nations to the brink of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts substance has scientist baffled. And the miracle it contains does not belong on this Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is mystery and madness-an enigma with no equal in recorded history. It is mankind's greatest discovery. . .and worst nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may have already obliterated a world. Ours is next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Benford is a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine.  He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and was Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University.  and in 1995 received the Lord Prize for contributions to sciences. His research encompasses both theory and experiments in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics.  His fiction has won many awards, including the Nebula Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eTimescape\u003c\/i\u003e.  Dr. Benford makes his home in Laguna Beach, California.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119361081584,"sku":"9780061553240","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061553240_p0.jpg?v=1763620835","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061553240","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}