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We can’t go faster than light but maybe spacetime can!?

The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel by Erin Macdonald

March 30, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

This year is my “No-Buy Year,” so I’m trying (and mostly succeeding!) to cut way back on buying books in any form. I already have so many that I haven’t read! So right now I’m going through a backlog of Audible books on my now-defunct account. (I switched to Libro.fm last year to support local indie bookstores with my audiobook purchases. Highly recommend!) A benefit of the No-Buy Year is rediscovering the myriad things you previously thought highly enough of to purchase, but then shortly […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: astrophysics, Erin Macdonald, Mass Effect, science, Star Trek, Women Astrophysicists

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: astrophysics, Erin Macdonald, Mass Effect, science, Star Trek, Women Astrophysicists ·
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I like reading about not popular people

The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten W. Larson

December 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you know Cecilia Payne? Well since she passed in 1979 so the odds are you do not/did not know her, but in The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of you can meet her on the page. Due in February 2023, I read Kirsten W. Larson’s book via online through Edelweiss. The story was a little confusing at first as there are two parts going on simultaneously. The first is a star is born […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: astronomers, Astrophysicists, astrophysics, Cecilia Payne, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Katherine Roy, Kirsten W. Larson, science, Women astronomers, Women Astrophysicists

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:592 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: astronomers, Astrophysicists, astrophysics, Cecilia Payne, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Katherine Roy, Kirsten W. Larson, science, Women astronomers, Women Astrophysicists ·
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