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Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. It won the Seiun Award for the best novel in Japanese translation (where it is published by Tokyo Sogensha) [2] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, [3] the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, [4] and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction ...
Blindsight is a novel by American writer Robin Cook, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1992. It was released on January 6, 1992. [1] Like most of Cook's other work, it is a medical thriller. This story introduces New York City pathologist Laurie Montgomery as being new to the medical examiner's office.
The last two volumes constitute one novel, but were published separately for commercial reasons. [4] Starfish, Maelstrom, and βehemoth make up a trilogy usually referred to as "Rifters" after the modified humans designed to work in deep-ocean environments. His novel Blindsight, released in October 2006, was nominated for a Hugo Award.
Echopraxia is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts. [1] It is a " sidequel " to his 2006 novel, Blindsight , and the two novels make up the Firefall series.
The majority of studies on blindsight are conducted on patients who are hemianopic, i.e. blind in one-half of their visual field.Following the destruction of the left or right striate cortex, patients are asked to detect, localize, and discriminate amongst visual stimuli that are presented to their blind side, often in a forced-response or guessing situation, even though they may not ...
Blindsight is a neurological phenomenon. Blindsight may also refer to: Blindsight, a 1992 novel written by Robin Cook; Blindsight, a 2006 documentary film directed by Lucy Walker; Blindsight (Watts novel), a 2006 novel written by Peter Watts; Blindsight (Neuralink), a medical device developed by Neuralink
Peter Watts' novel Blindsight has explored a scientific basis for vampires, depicting them as an evolutionary offshoot from humanity who were not the dominant species on the planet solely due to an evolutionary glitch making them averse to Euclidean geometry (right angles cause seizures in what is called "Crucifix Glitch", leading to them dying ...
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