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Science of The Einstein Nexus

Image: Bruce Rolff

My current work in progress, The Einstein Nexus, is my first to deal with time travel. The supporting extrapolated science is described below.

The Science

In 1935 Einstein and Rosen wrote a paper in which the Einstein-Rosen Bridge was introduced. This appeared to be a “bridge” between widely separated regions of the universe. At the middle of the bridge was a singularity. 50 years later, the results were used by Throne and Morris to construct traversable wormholes. But there is another interpretation of the bridge, that is, at the singularity, the arrow of time reverses.

Trillion Year Spree

In 1986, Brian Aldiss, in his book Trillion Year Spree, had this to say about science fiction coming out of the 60s:

In 1969, Donald Wollheim, then guiding light of Ace Books, published an anthology called Men on the Moon. He persuaded twenty-seven writers to give their views on the first lunar landing, which took place in July of that year. Isaac Asimov, John Brunner, E. C. Tubb, Alan Nourse, and others had their say.

Only Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, and Poul Anderson were full of unqualified praise and excitement. Most of the authors
took a very sceptical view of the proceedings. The phrase on the plaque, “We Come in Peace for All Mankind”, stuck in their gullets; they started remembering the Indians.

Michael Moorcock quoted J. G. Ballard's wry remark: “If I were a Martian I'd start running now!” Isaac Asimov hoped we

MarsX

My next release is a novel called MarsX. It is the story of how mankind settles the red planet. Except, it's not the usual story. The motivation is the key, and that's tied to the development of AI.

When I wrote the three novelettes that became this novel, development in AI was not entering the knee of the exponential as it appears to be now. The AI in the story naturally developed into a much bigger role than I planned. Looking back almost a year later, what I thought was years away may be directly ahead. The frontier AI companies think super-AI is close, I don't know, but the difference between fiction and fact continues to compress.

The paperback will be available at online stores April 20, the eBook May 20. If you would like to read it before then, it is

Anti-Science Visionary

Image: Frank R. Paul, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

H.G. Wells is well known for his early science fiction. While providing exciting stories and thought-provoking scenarios the reader may believe that Wells was a science and technology optimist. But upon further reflection they might note that the stories and novels carried an undercurrent of foreboding. They were essentially a warning siren for scientific apocalypse, though he changed his mind later and found a way to use science and technology to enable his utopias, Wells was at the start of his writing career a science and technology pessimist. Looking at the short story Lord of the Dynamos Wells's early attitude towards technology and science can be examined.