Two Fantastic Tales: Quantum Physics and Time Travel
By Kate Rauner
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Travel to two fantastic worlds.
A trio of physics students find that theory is safer than practice.
A lonely woman on a deadly mission receives a second chance, if she can seize it before it's too late.
Two short stories by Kate Rauner, a reader's choice Best Scifi Writer at Ooorahs! webzine. Each under 4,000 words. Perfect for a break during your busy day.
Kate Rauner
Kate Rauner, Hanover, New Mexico, USAA science fiction writer, poet, firefighter, and engineer on the way to becoming an eccentric old woman.I write science fiction novels and science-inspired poetry, and serve as a volunteer firefighter. I'm also a retired environmental engineer and Cold War Warrior (honestly, that's what Congress called us) because I worked in America's nuclear weapons complex. Now living on the edge of the southwest's Gila National Forest with my husband, cats, llamas, and dog, I'm well on my way to achieving my life-goal of becoming an eccentric old woman.Find more and contact me at https://kateraunerauthor.wordpress.com/
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Two Fantastic Tales - Kate Rauner
Two Fantastic Tales
Kate Rauner
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Hey, a new posting.
Chaz paused at the corkboard outside Professor Klein's office and flattened the notice with one hand. I didn't know Klein was accepting students yet.
He read out loud. Summer semester, Exploring the Multiverse. An empirical lab in theoretical physics.
That's an oxymoron.
Li Na leaned forward and Chaz caught a whiff of herbal shampoo clinging to her smooth black hair. As she ran a finger along the printing, her tawny hand came close enough to his to make his pulse race.
They'll use the quantum computer Klein brought with him from Bucharest,
she said. Rumors say it's a really powerful machine, but I can't find any official description. I'd love to try it.
Chaz cleared his throat and read on. "Anthropic Theory holds that physical constants in the universe are fine tuned to allow life to evolve. Students will propose a range of values for the cosmological constant and calculate values for the other so-called-constants such that complex organic molecules could form."
He smiled down at her. I haven't found a modeling class my advisor approves of yet. But no one can reject this. It's a cutting edge hypothesis modeled on a groundbreaking system, from the department's latest star - the mysterious Doctor Klein.
"Space limited. Li Na pulled out her phone.
I'm applying now."
Should be no problem getting in,
Chaz said, dropping the pack from his skinny shoulders and fumbling for his own phone. Graduate level students only, with an impressive list of pre-reqs.
***
Doctor Klein presented a brief orientation in the small control lab. They gathered around a console covering half a metal desk. The system's name, Qbit, was scrawled on a piece of tape. The computer itself hummed away in an adjacent room, shielded behind a concrete block wall.
I offer a significant challenge this summer.
Klein was a short man with diamond-sharp eyes in a head like a cubist sculpture. His papers were brilliant and provocative and, in his tweed jacket, Chaz could imagine him arguing uncertainty with Heisenberg or black holes with Hawking. No one knew how the university had lured him out of Europe, or how Klein managed to bring Qbit with him.