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Of course Earth could be in a galactic backwater where ‘intelligent’ life is actually pretty dumb. A Fire Upon The Deep (1993) by Vernon Vinge describes Earth as being in a galactic ‘Slow Zone’, whilst other areas of the galaxy have different physical laws and more advanced life.
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Where There's Smoke, by Michael Burgess. Midwood Books, 1964.
Kenny présente... SCUM: La Variole Rouge, by David Rome. Fleuve Noir, 1986.
Yup, he's pretty all right...
Nurse Reed's Pretty Rival, by Ann Beverley. Calvert, 1950.
Nuclear science is complicated. Luckily Popeye is around to explain it!
Dagwood Splits The Atom, by Joe Musial (1949).
A minimax algorithm is used by most chess computers to calculate the move that gives maximum advantage, often based on calculating up to 5 moves ahead, and assuming the opponent is also trying to make maximally advantageous moves in return.
Lilith: Daughter of Dracula. Marvel Preview, September 1977. Cover by Earl Norem.