COSM
by Gregory Benford · first published 1998
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by Gregory Benford · first published 1998
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Suggested hard sci-fi light reading: "Cosm" by Gregory Benford, 1999. A universe the size of a bowling ball created in a laboratory. The scientist responsible for it, keeping it safe and on the run from gvt spooks. They want to protect it for…
on “Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole” ↗…well. Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra's_Pearls_(book) , too. Furthermore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra's_net for a much older concept. For one of many (hard) sci-fi novels about this Cosm by Gregory Benford comes to mind.
on “Cosmological natural selection: evolution beyond biology” ↗Interesting - I just finished reading Gregory Benford's novel Cosm, which explored an experiment much like this, at the Brookhaven RHIC (using U-238 rather than gold, and with much more dramatic results). A great read.
on “In Brookhaven Collider, Scientists Briefly Break a Law of Nature” ↗Gregory Benford also wrote a novel that touches on this topic called "Cosm", which is a pretty excellent read.
on “Every Black Hole Contains a New Universe” ↗