Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

Besides, if I had a nickel for every time I wanted to smack a kid’s parents for not teaching them even the most basic things…well…I’d have enough nickels to put in a sock and smack those parents with it.

I point toward his ship. “All the information about relativity is in the laptop. Have your scientists take a look.” “Yes. They will be very pleased.” “Not when they find out about quantum physics. Then they’ll be really annoyed.”