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Aldous Huxley • The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
The physicist Robert Forward wrote a superb science-fiction story, Dragon’s Egg, based on the premise that information could be stored and processed – and life and intelligence could evolve – through the interactions between neutrons on the surface of a neutron star (a star that has collapsed gravitationally to a diameter of only a few kilometres,
... See moreDavid Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
Sci-Fi
What if? is not a linear path to knowledge but a circular one, spiraling recursively toward deeper and deeper understanding.
Jaime Green • The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
No plan survives first contact with the enemy.
Andy Weir • The Martian: A Novel
In the shooter hypothesis, a good marksman shoots at a target, creating a hole every ten centimeters. Now suppose the surface of the target is inhabited by intelligent, two-dimensional creatures. Their scientists, after observing the universe, discover a great law: “There exists a hole in the universe every ten centimeters.” They have mistaken the
... See moreLiu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
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Arthur C. Clarke • 2001: A Space Odyssey
Almost everything you’ve ever seen in science fiction has already become a science fact.