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A review by amy_park
Collision: Stories from the Science of CERN by Rob Appleby, Connie Potter
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Found this collection in "House of Books and Friends" in Manchester (side note-would highly recommend a visit to this indie bookshop) as it was recommended by the booksellers and a science fiction story by Steven Moffat- sold!
It was a good collection of science fiction, ranging from 'lite' to 'heavy' science within the stories, with each story having a non-fiction commentary from a scientist in the field the story is loosely based on.
The focus is around particle physics with many location settings based at CERN in France/Switzerland border. I did enjoy delving into physics and the many topics of research being investigated at CERN, but many parts of the collection did go over my head. As I havn't studied physics for 10+ years I think most of the non-fiction was slightly lost on me, but it didn't damper my enjoyment of the stories.
With every collection, I didn't enjoy ever story, but did like the majority. I would recommend for anyone interested in science fiction as a genre and/or science non-fiction.
It was a good collection of science fiction, ranging from 'lite' to 'heavy' science within the stories, with each story having a non-fiction commentary from a scientist in the field the story is loosely based on.
The focus is around particle physics with many location settings based at CERN in France/Switzerland border. I did enjoy delving into physics and the many topics of research being investigated at CERN, but many parts of the collection did go over my head. As I havn't studied physics for 10+ years I think most of the non-fiction was slightly lost on me, but it didn't damper my enjoyment of the stories.
With every collection, I didn't enjoy ever story, but did like the majority. I would recommend for anyone interested in science fiction as a genre and/or science non-fiction.