https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/the_three_body_problem/ Recent content in The_three_body_problem on George's Blog Hugo en-US Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-three-body-problem/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:26 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/the-three-body-problem/ <p>Another suggested book that I probably wouldn&rsquo;t have stumbled across normaly. Provided a decent break from the last book I read. The three-body problem refers to the difficult mathematical problem of predicting the orbit of a 3-planet system. It turns out there are very few stable configurations of these, and predicting their orbit is difficult because of all the variables that go into their movement. This ambitious sci-fi book is the first of a trilogy. It starts in China during communist revolutions in the 70s and progresses to modern day where the fate of humanity is threatened by disenfranchised humans and a dispassionate race of advanced ETs whose home planet is about to be destroyed. The author seems to be very familiar with quantum physics, computer science and basic radio wave theory. This knowledge imbues the book with a believable &ldquo;almost within reach feel&rdquo;. Where you could imagine some of the inventions described being created in our lifetimes. All in all, very light reading but pretty entertaining.</p>