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Summary: Quantum mechanics with a plot: entertaining.
Review: This is truly a hard-sf whodunit. The Hero is an ex-cop private eye with so much physics under his belt to make me wonder . . .. The mystery peels off like an onion, revealing another mystery, on and on. Meanwhile, the reader is educated on non-obvious speculations on the nature of reality from the standpoint of a hard-core scientist--the Hero is one intellectual PI indeed. Plot flows well, but leaves a couple of loose end, and sadly, the closing is weak. Dialogue is usually good, but sometimes the narration is too didascalic, I feel I'm not reading fiction, yet it's so interesting that I don't care. Characters are almost credible . . .. But then, I'm picky. Don't look for sense of wonder, though
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Summary: a good study in important philosophical themes
Review: Very good. A bio-enhanced PI named Nick Stavrianos takes on a job for an anonymous client: find a girl named Laura who disappeared from a mental institution by the most direct possible method -- walking through the walls. The book really rotates around three themes: freewill, mind-brain relationship (via technology usage), and quantum possible worlds. Highly recommended for those who might want to see how various philosophical stances on these issues could play out in a person's life.
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Summary: Quatum physics, mods, reality, and much much more...
Review: You don't have to be a physics genius to understand quantum mechanics, JUST READ THIS BOOK! (Take it from a physicist)Greg Egan manages to give us a brilliant look at a very possible future while investigating some of the most fasinating implications of physics, and philosopy. I first heard about this book from a friend of mine, I was fasinated by the idea! It will blow your mind because it not based on some magical idea such as warp drives, but real physical laws.
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