Books matching: false vacuum expansion
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Save:Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan is a hard science fiction novel set 20,000 years in the future, exploring themes of quantum mechanics, transhumanism, and the manipulation of matter at a quantum level. The story follows a research team divided into Preservationists and Yielders, dealing with the aftermath of an accident at the future equivalent of the Large Hadron Collider. The protagonist, Tchicaya, navigates the slow-motion destruction caused by a false vacuum expanding throughout the universe, while interacting with computationally augmented post-humans and delving into complex quantum theories.
Greg Egan's writing style in Schild's Ladder is characterized by intricate scientific concepts, such as quantum graph theory and relativity, presented in a detailed and thought-provoking manner. The narrative delves deep into the implications of advanced technology on humanity, exploring themes of identity, society, and the consequences of manipulating the fabric of reality.
Other patterns could propagate in a similar fashion, and their symmetries and interactions matched up perfectly with the known fundamental particles. Every graph was still just a graph, a collection o...
