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cynthia posted an update in the group
Science Fictional 12 years, 4 months ago I am fairly new to the scifi realm of life. About five years ago I found this book “Night Watch” & liked the cover so I bought it. Turned out to be the first scifi book of my life. (fyi, I highly recommend this series by Sergey Lukyanenko…the films are quite good as well).
Since then, I’ve fallen in love with Firefly & Doctor Who. Still not decided on the Star Wars v. Star Trek situation yet though.
Anyone here a fan of Michio Kaku? That man has so so many interesting words to share.
I like to watch shows with Michio Kaku and act like I actually understand what he’s talking about when most of it goes way over my head
you should read his books. he does a pretty good job of making it all make sense (because i also am usually like WTF are you saying MICHIO??!).
“Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel” is the book i am going to read next.
that’s a really good book (it has Dr. Who’s phone box on the cover!). i sometimes have trouble with the higher sciences (understanding the actual math) but i love reading about the concepts, and Kaku does a great job of explaining it for those of us who enjoy the mental exercise of speculating “could someone escape a black hole, or what would happen to them/how could someone build a Dyson Sphere, etc” but would be undone by the math needed to prove our hypotheses. :)
oh really? wtf! my book cover is something different…aka the non-tardis on the cover edition.
the hardcover american version has the tardis jumping from one wormhole to another: http://amzn.to/wv9At
the paperback and international versions are different, i think
i remember liking the chapter when they discuss how the tardis could be larger on the inside than the outside…whoa. fun science. :)
I read Parallel Worlds which was really interesting. I went through a phase where I read like six books in a row about string theory and quantum mechanics, and then I burned out that topic for a while. The math parts make no sense to me, but I understand the concepts that he brings up. But I may need to find that book, it has force fields, teleportation, and time travel in the title and it doesn’t get any cooler than that.