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Author of the Quantum Series, hard sci-fi. Scientist, progressive, and futurist. I post all things science and books. I feel fortunate for this brief glimpse into an amazing universe.
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CERN#2 A proton is a quantum particle, its position in 3D space is fuzzy. Don't think of it as a ball, it's more like an energy field. A proton is so tiny that millions packed together still leaves empty spaces between each particle. So, how do physicists at CERN force protons to collide?

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CERN#1 On the Suisse-France border is the largest scientific lab in the world, with scales that are truly mind boggling. The Large Hadron Collider is a tunnel 27 kilometers in circumference buried 100 meters underground. That’s the city of Geneva in the background with France in the foreground.

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I've been invited to visit CERN in April. It's an astonishing place where scientists explore the invisible world of quantum particles and tease out the true nature of reality. Am I excited? Yes, indeed. More importantly, I want to pass along to you a healthy dose of awe and inspiration!

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Today I confirmed an upcoming visit to the CERN facilities in Geneva, Switzerland. You know... Large Hadron Collider, 27 km ring underground, protons smashing at near light speeds, exotic particles and discoveries related to the fundamentals of nature... yeah, that place. I'm going!

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My audiobook publisher put two of my books on sale, 50% off! If you've never listened to these stories as audio, you're in for a treat. An audio performance is the next best thing to a movie. Amanda Ronconi narrates both books, and she did an outstanding job making the characters come to life.

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I love Arthur C. Clarke's 1984 quote, “The space elevator will be built about fifty years after everyone stops laughing.” Here we are in 2025 (still no space elevator and many still laughing). But today we have graphene laminates (a prime candidate for a tether material). The key hurdle is resolved.

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The Seattle Snowpocalypse has arrived.

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Just booked a November trip to the Yukon to see the aurora. I hope our Canadian neighbors are still speaking with us by then!

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I just submitted my newest manuscript (Ascending Carbon) to six literary agents. Probability of interest: 20%. Probability of signing a deal: 2%. Probability this will be a one to two-month delay in self-publication and nothing more: 98%. But... you never know!

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

January in Seattle. We love the blue sky. But we're a bit worried how high the snow line is getting in the Olympics.

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