Tag Archives: science fiction

Age of Wonders

July 1, 2008 – 8:51 am

Bill Quick sends an e-mail to Glenn Reynolds:

So I’m out on my bike today - it’s gorgeous in SF - and I stop by the Bay for a breather and just to sit and watch the sailboats gliding under the Bay Bridge. I open my backpack and drag out my [...]

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Warp Drive: Closer Than You Think

January 24, 2006 – 5:46 pm

An obscure German scientists publishes some intriguing formulas in the 1950’s, then proceeds to shun the limelight. He writes three books, but only publishes them in German. Most physicists never hear of his work. Another scientist expands on the theories in the 1980’s, but they languish in obscurity for another 20 years. It sounds like [...]

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