March Fourth! Science and Science Fiction for You! I cruise the internet constantly and pick up interesting science articles and science fiction. Here are the best ones I’ve found.
But first, a laugh for you.
March Fourth! Science Incoming
I read science articles all the time. I subscribe to GE’s newsletter to get these cool news bits from them. Then I post the best ones on my Facebook page.
Zombie viruses? Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah–
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Did you ever play with mercury as a child? I did, both at school and at home. Our home thermostat had a bottle with mercury in it.
There is danger in inhaling mercury vapors, since they’re poisonous. But the quantity is quite small and non-fatal.
Let me know if you played with mercury and I’ll send you a free book!
March Fourth! Science Fiction for You Coming Up Next!
Here’s my review of Liu Cixin’s last book in his ‘Three-Body Problem” trilogy.
Author Liu Cixin concludes his trilogy in fine fashion. He maintains the reader’s interest through 1,800 pages and manages to surprise them time and time again. His characters suffer much but triumph through perseverance.
Andy Zach’s review
The Earth and Trisolarian invaders’ conflict is finally resolved. Like most wars, no one wins. But the dark forest view of the universe, where everyone is out to destroy any intelligence turns out to be optimistic. As humanity’s technology advances, they find out more about other civilizations. And they’re not nice.
There is wonderful hard science throughout the series, including string theory, curving space for speed of light travel, and changing the physical constants of the universe, such as the speed of light.
That’s my only criticism, from a hard science point of view. There’s a subplot that hinges on changing the speed of light through a solar system–and Liu doesn’t realize that would wreck the sun in the system. Fusion hinges on converting matter to energy, and if the speed of light is reduced, the energy of the star goes way down, (due to e=mc2 – reduce c and energy goes down) the star collapses, and it no longer warms the system.
Of course, this is the third book in the series and you need to read the first two. That’s what libraries are for!
More Science is always Better
Oops! I guess this is science fiction. It’s hard to tell them apart these days.
Here’s some real science:
Still more science follows.
One More Science Fiction Review
Zombie Turkeys
What did you like best about Zombie Turkeys? What did you like least?
There were times when the book was laugh out loud funny, but other times it was just cheesy. Also, repetitive use of the word “said” in the dialog portions was obnoxious.Kim
I’m increasing my rating on this book, because I listened to it over a year ago, and it still pops into my head sometimes. I still say “Zombie Turkey” every time I hear a turkey gobble. And I felt compelled to order an autographed copy of the book. All of this says to me that I under-rated it the first time, and need to make it right.
03-17-18
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