Three-body Gallery

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Post by noajshu » Wed, May 30, 2018, 5:17 AM UTC

Three-body Gallery
three-body.ipb.ac.rs

Re: Three-body Gallery

#2

Post by noajshu » Wed, May 30, 2018, 5:17 AM UTC

My favorite: "yarn" http://three-body.ipb.ac.rs/sol.php?id=12

Re: Three-body Gallery

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Post by yorwba » Wed, May 30, 2018, 9:50 AM UTC

There's also http://numericaltank.sjtu.edu.cn/three-body/three-body.htm with many more orbits. (Although they mostly look the same to me.)

Re: Three-body Gallery

#4

Post by gregorymichael » Wed, May 30, 2018, 2:45 PM UTC

Tangentially - no scifi books have worked on my mind in the same way that the Three Body Problem trilogy.

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths...

Re: Three-body Gallery

#5

Post by ConfusedDog » Wed, May 30, 2018, 3:48 PM UTC

gregorymichael wrote: post #4

Tangentially - no scifi books have worked on my mind in the same way that the Three Body Problem trilogy. https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths...

Second that. It's probably the best hard science fiction out there.

Re: Three-body Gallery

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 30, 2018, 3:54 PM UTC

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Post by Analemma_ » Wed, May 30, 2018, 3:55 PM UTC

Where did this headline come from? The page itself doesn't say that these orbits are stable. Are they actually stable?

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Post by donquichotte » Wed, May 30, 2018, 4:01 PM UTC

ConfusedDog wrote: post #5

gregorymichael wrote: post #4

Tangentially - no scifi books have worked on my mind in the same way that the Three Body Problem trilogy. https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths...

Second that. It's probably the best hard science fiction out there.

Third that. The author's upbringing in rural communist China gives these books an amazing depth.

Re: Three-body Gallery

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Post by midrus » Wed, May 30, 2018, 4:04 PM UTC

donquichotte wrote: post #8

ConfusedDog wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Second that. It's probably the best hard science fiction out there.

Third that. The author's upbringing in rural communist China gives these books an amazing depth.

Fourth that. Such a great book.

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Post by perfmode » Wed, May 30, 2018, 4:12 PM UTC

ConfusedDog wrote: post #5

gregorymichael wrote: post #4

Tangentially - no scifi books have worked on my mind in the same way that the Three Body Problem trilogy. https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths...

Second that. It's probably the best hard science fiction out there.

better than Weir’s martian?