Rarely are science fiction stories written by credentialed scientists

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

John C. Wright highly recommends The Hidden Truth by Hans G. Schantz:

It is a gem of a book, a rare find, combining a charming coming of age story, diamond-hard science fiction speculation, a conspiracy thriller, a touch of trenchant political commentary, and, uniquely, a challenge written into a science fiction book of the reigning scientific orthodoxy of the day.

Rarely are science fiction stories written by credentialed scientists. Even more rare is one that proposes a revolutionary theory that questions the historical and theoretical roots of the standard model of modern physics, and no other book does so in the context of an action thriller.

[...]

If you liked Heinlein style juveniles, with their young men learning lessons about personal responsibility and integrity of character, and seasoned with brief avuncular lectures on topics ranging from electromagnetic theory to economic reality, then you are likely to enjoy this book.

[...]

Rumor has it that the author, Hans Schantz, is hard at work on the final volume, A HELL OF AN ENGINEER, but a hefty amount of public interest, and some book sales of the first three in the series, might stoke the fires under this boiler, and give him the spirit needed to complete the work in a reasonable time.

Comments

  1. Harper’s Notes says:

    Heard in a lecture about the Byzantine Empire, “As in the case of Thucydides, it often seems the best historians are failed generals or politicians.’

  2. McChuck says:

    Copenhagen is full of contradictions, and thus obviously untrue. It is disproved by the double slit experiment, which would require almost all the photons interacting with each other (which are simultaneously the same photon) to travel faster than light to do so. QED

  3. Sam J. says:

    “…the double slit experiment, which would require almost all the photons interacting with each other (which are simultaneously the same photon) to travel faster than light to do so….”

    There’s an interpretation of the double split experiment that explains it without having any faster than light interaction. by Dewey B. Larson’s Reciprocal System theory. Many, many years ago I read his explanation over and over and over until I finally got it and it did work. I have now forgotten exactly how that works. His system is very simple but very difficult to get your head around.

    Larson explains a lot of stuff with very simple postulates.

    Larson has answers for all kinds of stuff. He predicted quasars before they were found. Here’s some of the stuff that his theory is able to accurately calculate and explain

    https://reciprocalsystem.org/outstanding-achievements

  4. I was wondering why I saw the sales bump… Thanks, Isegoria, for sharing John C. Wright’s kind words.

    I’ll look into Dewey B. Larson’s Reciprocal System theory when I get a chance. Thanks, Sam J.

  5. Buckethead says:

    I believe I first heard of your books here and very much enjoyed all three. You can’t possibly finish the fourth one soon enough — my son and I are both impatiently awaiting its arrival.

Leave a Reply