The making of incarnation / Tom McCarthy.

"From the author of Remainder and Satin Island (which was short-listed for the Booker Prize), a high-tech odyssey through CGI studios, wind tunnels, and drone research centers, where the limits of healing, entertaining, revelation, and destruction are continually being transformed. A kaleidosco...

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Main Author: McCarthy, Tom, 1969 May 22- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021]
Edition:Frist Edition.
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