phantom

I always imagined physicist as awkward individuals holed up somewhere in seclusion where they could peer into the space time fabric in peace conjuring seemingly impossible formulas that has little relevance . This book has exposed me to the profoundness of their thoughts and the importance of physics on the modern world .

This is how history should be written.
This book is not a monotonously bland narration of events that lead to the atomic bomb. It is about how an innocuous speculation of mere existence of nuclear energy under vile pressure of world war compelled the most brilliant minds of the era into creating the most destructive weapon in the human history. This book is more about the scientists, their discoveries and philosophies than about the bomb. Every facet from science to geopolitics has been aptly covered. A must read for every curious mind.

There is no need to send a city with living humans across space when AI/robots carrying eggs can accomplish the same task in a cheaper and more efficient manner.
Auroras shows how live city generation ships are doomed to begin with. Plot was dry , narration uninteresting but the premise was interesting in the least.
Would recommend Arkwright instead.

Last two chapters were needlessly wordy.

Did i read a Murukami book ?

hit too close to home