Novel Excerpt
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stickmakerExcerpt from a hard SF novel in progress:
"All I've heard from you and the others about how this drive works are vague analogies," said Waide. "What's the math like?"
"Difficult," said Bailey, with a grimace. "To get a straight plot of a particular function, we had to use a base-e logarithmic scale on one leg and a base two-point-eight logarithmic scale on the other."
"That's... more than I want to take on," said Waide, looking stunned.
"It gets worse," said Bailey, with a slight tic in his left eye. "The field strength is measured in cubic Watts."
"All I've heard from you and the others about how this drive works are vague analogies," said Waide. "What's the math like?"
"Difficult," said Bailey, with a grimace. "To get a straight plot of a particular function, we had to use a base-e logarithmic scale on one leg and a base two-point-eight logarithmic scale on the other."
"That's... more than I want to take on," said Waide, looking stunned.
"It gets worse," said Bailey, with a slight tic in his left eye. "The field strength is measured in cubic Watts."
