Science Fiction Physics

Watch out - the Earth just fell into a dark sun's orbit! Or maybe you'd rather visit a theme park called Hell? These are just two of the strange and unnerving tales you'll find in this collection of great science fiction and fantasy stories.

What if reality isn't what we think it is—and someone found a way to prove it? When brilliant physicist Dr. Marcus Emerson demonstrates a technology capable of altering the fabric of reality itself, he feels he has invented humanity's next big leap forward. However, as test subjects begin to experience vivid other worlds that refuse to remain contained in the laboratory, perception psychologist Dr. Aria Vance learns a horrifying truth: the machine isn't simply altering how people perceive the world; it's fragmenting existence itself. Following the strange disappearance of their most ...

Mark Maxwell Series #1117 By Garry Higgins In 2087, Earth's atmosphere has collapsed and humanity's survivors cling to existence inside Sanctuary, the last functioning biodome. When former NASA quantum physicist Mark Maxwell is conscripted to investigate mysterious energy fluctuations threatening the facility, he uncovers a secret that defies comprehension—a quantum gateway capable of manipulating time itself. As Sanctuary's life support systems rapidly fail, Mark discovers a horrifying truth: this isn't humanity's first apocalypse, but the sixth iteration of a time loop created by Dr. ...

The third and final book in the "Team Quantum" trilogy of superhero adventures! Now married, Mira Verborgen and Giancarlo Colombo have a problem. Turns out, there will be no honeymoon, not yet. And maybe not ever. After all, they'd just been informed that they will be going nuclear in three months. Literally. Their bodies are turning on them, and the more "super" they become, the faster they will explode. But maybe, just maybe there's an answer. It's a long shot, but it just might work. Then, the newlyweds can finally be alone... But first, they must stop the madman who caused this mess. ...

A dying man stumbles into a police station and collapses. In his fist is a mysterious coin with strange markings. He tells the police he's from the future, and when they uncover the coin's hidden message, they're inclined to believe him. Daniel Rice never asked for fame, but his key role in Earth's first contact with an alien civilization thrust him into a social arena where any crackpot might take aim. When the FBI arrives at his door and predictions of the future start coming true, Daniel is dragged into a mission to save the world from nuclear holocaust.

Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk, a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate, became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane.

This audiobook’s content and entertaining style will appeal equally to science-fiction enthusiasts and scholars, including cognitive and neuroscientists, as well as philosophers of mind. It is a refreshing romp through the science and science fiction of consciousness.

When an overworked team of government physicists unwittingly invites something catastrophic into the world, rising young New York lawyer Cal Griffin is forced into a strange new role in a world of nightmare and wonder.

People are used to seeing "fake physics" in science fiction - concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity, and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers - especially those with a background in professional science - are so adept at "technobabble" that it can be difficult to work out what is fake and what is real. To confuse matters further, Isaac Asimov's 1948 piece about the fictitious time-traveling substance thiotimoline was written, not as a short story, but in the form of a spoof research paper.

In The Several Adventures of Muon Mimi, the laws of physics meet the chaos of one young woman’s extraordinary life. Megumi “Mimi” Anderson—a self-described nerd with a nuclear engineering degree and a knack for sharp sarcasm—always suspected she was a little different. But nothing could prepare her for the revelation that her body is a living particle accelerator, emitting high-energy muons under circumstances no scientist can fully explain. When an incident at a remote Serbian reactor draws global—and clandestine—attention, Mimi is thrust into a whirlwind of intrigue that ...

When a cosmic anomaly disrupts the championship baseball game between Earth and Mars, reclusive trillionair Xan Ruiz-Harlow takes the bold step of shifting the contest into an artificial "Infinite Plane" existing outside of normal space-time. Now the elite players of the Earth Raptors and Mars Thunderbolts must adapt to playing in a dimension where the laws of physics are constantly warped in bizarre ways - balls defying gravity, trajectories altering inexplicably, and the very fabric of reality threatening to unravel with each pitch. As the greatest stars from both worlds employ innovative...

Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavors that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings of jargon and subject matter. The most obvious difference between the two is that pseudoscience is presented as fact, not fiction. This engaging and well-researched audiobook explores a wide range of intriguing similarities and differences between pseudoscience and the fictional science found in SF.

Aaliyah's passion for quantum computing knew no bounds, and the chance to attend a lecture by the renowned Dr. O'Malley was a dream come true. But when a school trip to a cutting-edge space station spirals into chaos after a quantum computer explosion, she finds herself caught in an unimaginable situation—a time loop that only she and a select few are aware of. With each repetitive day, Aaliyah and her newfound allies, including the enigmatic Ethan and the artificial intelligence known as Wayfarer, must unravel the mysteries of the loop. Guided by Dr. O'Malley's wisdom in the science of ...

Dream Breach: First Contact (The Dream Breach Series, Book 0) 🔹 What if your dreams weren’t just dreams? What if they were the key to unlocking the deepest mysteries of existence? Dr. Sandra Chen believes in facts, data, and logic. But when her sister Emily vanishes after working on a classified consciousness experiment, Sandra is forced to confront a terrifying possibility—what if reality isn’t what we think? At Greenstone Medical Center, coma patients exhibit impossible brainwave patterns—as if their minds are communicating across dimensions. As Sandra investigates, she ...

Embark on a gripping journey to the edges of the known universe with "The Prometheus Protocol." When the starship Astarte arrives at Kepler-186f, Captain Zara Vega and her team find more than an alien landscape—they discover a mysterious artifact pulsing with otherworldly energy. As they delve into its secrets, the artifact unlocks a power that transforms one crew member and forces them to confront the boundaries of human morality, knowledge, and survival. Racing against time, the crew faces a pivotal choice: harness the artifact’s power to elevate humanity or risk annihilation. In this...

Four sci-fi short stories where you'll find good computers, people who regret their past, and an explanation for something you're familiar with.

Nina and her brother Wild are learners-at-large. They don't sit still for school -- they learn kinetically, by doing STEM experiments. But can science help when a precious pup plops into the backyard pool? PJ Time is Learning Time. Ditch the workbooks... and love science once again. Grab your littles, a pair of comfy pjs, a cup of decaf (who are we kidding? go big) and start learning through daily adventures. Finally, a picture book as pretty as a magazine that parents can enjoy reading more than once!

From the world's leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology - a discipline that combines psychology, forensics and technology - comes a groundbreaking exploration of the impact of technology on human behaviour. The average person now checks their phone over 200 times a day. That's a serious addiction - but because we're all doing it all the time, it doesn't seem quite so scary. And, like all addicts, we have avoided thinking about the implications of the cyber effect.

The afterlife doesn't come with a manual. In fact, Hart and Bowler (two ordinary but dead men) have had to work out the rules of their new existence for themselves. It's that fact (along with being unable to leave the boundaries of their city center, unable to communicate with the other lost souls, unable to rest in case The Beast catches up with them) that makes getting out of their situation a priority. But Hart and Bowler don't know why they're there in the first place; if they ever want to leave, they will have to find all the answers to be able to understand the physics of the dead.

The Science of Superheroes takes a lighthearted but clear-headed look at the real science that underlies some of the greatest superhero comic books of all time, including Spider-Man, Batman, Fantastic Four, and many more. Each chapter presents the story of the origin of one or more superheroes and asks intriguing questions that lead to fascinating discussions about the limits of science, the laws of nature, and the future of technology.