The Disturbance 3 Quotes

“schadenfreude.”
― Brandon Q. Morris, The Disturbance 3: The Truth: Hard Science Fiction

“We should have seen it ages ago. We realized early on that the parasite was a Bose-Einstein condensate. In a condensate like that, all the particles are indistinguishable from one another. They have a shared wave function.”
― Brandon Q. Morris, The Disturbance 3: The Truth: Hard Science Fiction

“Banach-Tarski. Two Polish mathematicians. They demonstrated in 1924 that a sphere can be mathematically disassembled and reassembled into two spheres identical to the first.”
― Brandon Q. Morris, The Disturbance 3: The Truth: Hard Science Fiction

“That was just an optical illusion. The block shrank as you cut it. But in the operation described by Banach and Tarski, the spheres didn’t shrink. The original was produced in duplicate using the original material.”
― Brandon Q. Morris, The Disturbance 3: The Truth: Hard Science Fiction

“That’s an optical phase transition,” said Ilan. “Like the ones you get between warm and cold air layers. But without the air, obviously.” Benjamin nodded. That was what caused fata morganas.”
― Brandon Q. Morris, The Disturbance 3: The Truth: Hard Science Fiction

“fata morgana.”
― Brandon Q. Morris, The Disturbance 3: The Truth: Hard Science Fiction