The Caloris Network A Scientific Novel
The year is 2130. The first-ever expedition is sent to Mercury to search for the cause of an unknown source of electromagnetic radiation that can destroy space ships passing by the planet. Thought to be inhospitable and lifeless, the surface of Mercury pr
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The Caloris Network A Scientific Novel
Science and Fiction
Editorial Board Mark Alpert Philip Ball Gregory Benford Michael Brotherton Victor Callaghan Amnon H Eden Nick Kanas Geoffrey Landis Rudi Rucker Dirk Schulze-Makuch Rüdiger Vaas Ulrich Walter Stephen Webb
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/11657
Science and Fiction – A Springer Series This collection of entertaining and thought-provoking books will appeal equally to science buffs, scientists and science-fiction fans. It was born out of the recognition that scientific discovery and the creation of plausible fictional scenarios are often two sides of the same coin. Each relies on an understanding of the way the world works, coupled with the imaginative ability to invent new or alternative explanations - and even other worlds. Authored by practicing scientists as well as writers of hard science fiction, these books explore and exploit the borderlands between accepted science and its fictional counterpart. Uncovering mutual influences, promoting fruitful interaction, narrating and analyzing fictional scenarios, together they serve as a reaction vessel for inspired new ideas in science, technology, and beyond. Whether fiction, fact, or forever undecidable: the Springer Series “Science and Fiction” intends to go where no one has gone before! Its largely non-technical books take several different approaches. Journey with their authors as they
• Indulge in science speculation – describing intriguing, plausible yet unproven ideas; • Exploit science fiction for educational purposes and as a means of promoting critical thinking;
• Explore the interplay of science and science fiction – throughout the history of the genre and looking ahead; • Delve into related topics including, but not limited to: science as a creative process, the limits of science, interplay of literature and knowledge; • Tell fictional short stories built around well-defined scientific ideas, with a supplement summarizing the science underlying the plot. Readers can look forward to a broad range of topics, as intriguing as they are important. Here just a few by way of illustration:
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Time travel, superluminal travel, wormholes, teleportation Extraterrestrial intelligence and alien civilizations Artificial intelligence, planetary brains, the universe as a computer, simulated worlds Non-anthropocentric viewpoints Synthetic biology, genetic engineering, developing nanotechnologies Eco/infrastructure/meteorite-impact disaster scenarios Future scenarios, transhumanism, posthumanism, intelligence explosion Virtual worlds, cyberspace dramas Consciousness and mind manipulation
Nick Kanas
The Caloris Network A Scientific Novel
Nick Kanas University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA
Additional material to this book can be downloaded from https://nickkanas.com/ The persons, characters, events and firms depicted in the fictional part of this work are fictitious. No similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or firms is intend
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