Stories for 'Mathematical Physics'



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  • This narrative explores themes of altered perception, the nature of reality, and the interplay between technology and human experience. Through the characters of Jack and Paul, it delves into the complexities of scientific experimentation and the potential consequences of manipulating physical laws, such as gravity. The vivid descriptions of the characters' experiences, particularly Jack's disorientation and the surreal atmosphere, highlight the tension between their expectations and the bizarre realities they encounter. Overall, the text invites readers to reflect on the boundaries of human understanding and the unpredictable outcomes of scientific inquiry, suggesting that the pursuit of knowledge can lead to both enlightenment and confusion.
  • The story takes place in Leningrad, USSR, apparently in the 1970s.The protagonist, Dmitry Alekseyevich Malyanov is an astrophysicist who realizes that he is on the verge of a revolutionary discovery worthy of a Nobel Prize. But then bizarre events start to disrupt his work, which include mysterious visitors, unexplained gifts, and a neighbor's death that implicates him in a murder. Malyanov and his peers realize a mysterious force is sabotaging their scientific pursuits across various fields. Mathematician Vecherovsky theorizes this as the Universe's homeostatic resistance to prevent advanced civilizations from destabilizing its equilibrium. Under mounting pressure, most abandon their research, leaving Vecherovsky to confront the cosmic resistance alone.
  • A very short story from the ultramundane realm about a mathematical physicist who lives up high in an attic of a house. One fine morning, on his blackboard, he finds Einstein’s formula E=mc2 written in a corner, and next to it, a strange, haunting extension of the formula. The formula makes no sense and yet, he is filled with a sense of admiration and fascination about the existence of a higher dimension to it.