Timemaster
by Robert L. Forward · first published 1992
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…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niven%27s_laws#Niven's_Law_(Ti... ). I'd also suggest a watch of Time Travel in Fiction Rundown - Minute Physics https://youtu.be/d3zTfXvYZ9s If you want something longer on the subject, then Timemaster by Robert L. Forward is a good book to read ( https://archive.org/details/timemaster00forw/page/n11/mode/2... ). It begins with: > There exist semieducated but obstinate people who have raised the concept…
on “Ask HN: If you could go back in time” ↗In the realm of science fiction that has science... Timemaster by Robert L. Forward (who writes science papers with a plot - and that's a good thing). The main character wanted to get out to the asteroid belt in an accelerated time frame (not relatively accelerated…
on “How Deep Can Humans Go?” ↗…containing "Robert Forward", as any discussion of negative inertial mass is incomplete without mentioning his work. So, kudos. Anyone interested in the implications of negative mass should probably check out Timemaster, a sci-fi novel by Forward. Negative mass can hypothetically do some interesting things. Things such as allowing lightspeed travel by matching negative mass to positive mass in equal amounts, leaving…
on “'Dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe” ↗Robert Forward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Forward In the preface to Timemaster (which features time travel and various paradoxical events), he states anyone who wishes to argue against his hard science use of time travel must first have a published article in a peer reviewed journal…
on “Science Fiction by Scientists” ↗…as one of the current greats when it comes to hard sci-fi. I'd also suggest a good look at Baxter's books and Robert L Forward's too. I've jokingly called Forward's books science papers with a plot. Timemaster starts out with: > There exist semieducated but obstinate people who have raised the concept of strict local causality to godhead, and attempt to use such words as "obviously" and "it only makes sense…
on “Tomorrow people: For a century, it felt like telepathy was around the corner” ↗I am curious what a earth to space launch rotovator that is capable of doing 30g would have for its overall acceleration profile. Robert Forward (the author of Timemaster) was a physicist and I would do a check of his anatomy related topics before getting into one... but I would be confident of his math. He wasn't unfamiliar with the technology being used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Forward…
on “How Deep Can Humans Go?” ↗