(Drivebycuriosity) - Was Einstein wrong? The great physicist postulated that nothing moves faster than light. The speed of light is the speed limit of the cosmos. But Werner Heisenberg and other scientists discovered a weird quantum mechanical phenomena: Two subatomic particles can be entangled. When one particle changes its behavior the other will change immediately - even if it is at the other end of the universe. It seems that information between them moves much faster than light.
Kishore Tipirneni, the writer of the science fiction book "New Eden", based his novel on quantum physics and the assumption that information can travel much faster than light ( amazon.). Scientists use entangled subatomic particles to communicate over huge distances, which leads to surprising and spectacular results (This is a spoiler free blog). The plot follows a triangle of 3 young persons: A female science reporter, a physicist who specializes in particle physics and an expert in information theory & computer whizz.
"New Eden" is hard science fiction, based on information theory and other sciences, like particle physics, evolution and genetics, but also touches topics like social media & politics. Parts of the novel are philosophical and very speculative and the novel develops into an utopian fairy tale.
I had fun reading the novel. Eden is entertaining with lots of humor and fascinating new ideas. Tipirneni has also the gift to describe complex scientific ideas in a very simple understandable language. In the moment of writing the Kindle version cost just $3.99 and prime subscribers can borrow it for free.
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