Proceedings of The Sector 7 Institute of Low-Energy Physics

By Michael Summers
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Published: Sep. 10, 2012
Words: 907 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301657179

Short description

Life is very different on a neutron star. Things happen at the scale of the nanometer and a second is a long, long, time. Research is going to be tricky at the best of times for the scientists at the Sector 7 Institute of Low-Energy Physics. Not least when, using their particle decelerator, they achieve energies so low that they discover an exotic new form of chemistry...

Extended description

In writing this story I was trying to imagine a totally different perspective on the universe, that of a life-form based on nucleonic chemistry. The idea is not entirely new. Robert L. Forward's book Dragon's Egg used the idea of life evolving on a neutron star excellently, and I admit that Dragon's Egg was the inspiration for this short story. Dragon's Egg, however, did not really explore the details of a neucleonic scientist's view of the rest of the universe. Here I have explored this concept further, with a 596 word story. It's very short, but I hope the reader will find it satisfactory.

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physics, science fiction, alien, chemistry, other world, proton, neutron star, electron, nuecleonic chemistry

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