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Quantum Shorts eBook Series

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  • Quantum Shorts

    Collected Flash Fiction Inspired by Quantum Physics

    by Puah Xin Yi, Michael Brooks, Jenny Hogan ...
    Series Book 1 - Quantum Shorts
    This book presents winning and shortlisted stories from past editions of the international Quantum Shorts competition. Inspired by the weird and wonderful world of quantum physics, the shorts range from bold imaginings of a quantum future to contemplations rooted in the everyday. They feature characters of all sorts: lovers beginning their lives together, an atom having an existential crisis, and, ... Read more

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  • Quantum Shorts 2

    Collected Flash Fiction Inspired by Quantum Physics

    by Puah Xin Yi ...
    Series Book 2 - Quantum Shorts
    This second volume of Quantum Shorts blends quantum physics with more storytelling. Inspired by the quantum world, 38 writers have crafted 38 imaginative stories. In one, two lovers’ relationship hangs in the balance as a quantum computer calculates, in another, a quantum computer chats with its classical counterpart. There are tales of a demon-haunted world, a grumpy Observer handling the fate of ... Read more

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    by Jeannie Meekins ...
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  • Collision

    Stories from the Science of CERN

    by Steven Moffat, Lucy Caldwell, Margaret Drabble, Luan Goldie, Pete Kalu, Lisa Luxx, Adam Marek, Courttia Newland, Désirée Reynolds, Bidisha Mamata, Ian Watson, Stephen Baxter ...
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    A decade after the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN still leads the world in the search to uncover what the universe is made of, how it was formed, and what fate may lie in store for it. If there is such a thing as a ‘cutting edge’, it surely lies 100 metres below the Swiss-French border, at the point where the beams collide.As part of a unique collaboration, this ... Read more

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  • The Best We Can

    A Tor.Com Original

    by Carrie Vaughn ...
    Series series A Tor.Com Original
    First contact was supposed to change the course of human history. But it turns out, you still have to go to work the next morning.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. ... Read more

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  • Feynman

    by Jim Ottaviani ...
    Richard Feynman: physicist . . . Nobel winner . . . bestselling author . . . safe-cracker.In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and ... Read more

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  • Life on Other Planets

    A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe

    by Aomawa Shields PhD ...
    A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on EarthAs a kid, Aomawa Shields was always bumping into things, her neck craned up at the sky, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. A year into an astrophysics PhD program, plagued by self-doubt and ... Read more

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  • Short Story,Big Universe

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    This is a thought provoking look at alternative means of space travel and the way mankind views the world around him. ... Read more

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  • Spacetime Mysteries: The Past and The Outside

    by A. Datta ...
    What would be the truth value of the statement, "Time has no beginning?" What existed a minute before the beginning of time? Are the past and the future alike? We know about fundamental particles near us. But beyond our universe, quadrillions of light years beyond the farthest heavenly body that exists, where there is neither matter nor light how far does space extend? Can infinity be covered? Can ... Read more

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  • The Little Book of Practical Nuclear Magic

    by Margaret Makepeace-Mort ...
    A curio for your entertainment, The Little Book of Practical Nuclear Magic by Margaret Makepeace-Mort explores the magical power of nuclear energy. In this accessible and informative guide, the practitioner will discover a means to harness the raw power of this extremely potent and forthright form of magic. Make the switch to nuclear energy and take charge of your life. ... Read more

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