Steven Montana, computer whiz and hacker extraordinaire, was attending college in Ohio when his world fell apart. A swarm of huge meteors fell all over the world, on Europe, on the United States, and in particular on Steven's home town in California. In an instant, his family and all his friends were gone. Suffering fits of deep depression, he dropped out of college and ended up working as a repairman in a video games store, where he did a brilliant job of repairing a 30-year-old video game. That caught the attention of the game's owner in, who happened to be in a position to get Steven a government job, cracking computer codes, and reverse engineering unusual hardware. When he was given a tiny piece of hardware to examine as a "test," he worked out its functions so well that he and his boss were called to Washington for a top secret meeting. They asked him countless questions, yet declined to answer his; but he would soon learn all the answers. The "meteor" onslaught that had orphaned him had actually been a brief and still secret war between the U.S and its enemies using a new warp drive technology that was more secret than top secret. Another secret was that U.S. had been sending faster-than-light ships to other star systems. Most secret of all was that unfriendly aliens were observing the Earth, and while U.S. spaceships were not quite in a war with the unknown aliens, they were shooting at the intruders. Whether any of these answers would do Steven any good was an open question because he learned them only after his was abducted by those very same aliens and was held prisoner on one of their ships orbiting Saturn. At first, he was one of three human prisoners, but he had just seen the aliens completely dissect one of the three, and it looked like either Steven, or the Russian girl who was his fellow prisoner, were scheduled to be the next alien lab experiment.

The Quantum Connection

Literature & Fiction

Taylor, Travis

United States

Baen

Quantum entanglement (QE) is one of the most, if not the most, mysterious, and yet most promising subjects of current physics. With applications in cryptographic space-to-space, space-to-earth, and fiber communications, in addition to teleportation and quantum computing, QE goes beyond fascination and into the pragmatic spheres of commerce and the military. With the growing population of engineers in need of a transparent, pragmatic, and direct introduction to QE and its applications, this book, the first of its kind, focuses on the practical mathematical tools necessary to handle QE and its requirements to design optical configurations for QE-based systems. Specific applications include satellite networks, space-to-space communications, quantum teleportation, and quantum computing. Key Features <ul><li>The first and only available text on engineering for quantum entanglement.</li><li>Presents an introduction to the topic and explains the very basic physics concepts.</li><li>Provides a tour of the relevant mathematics essential to handle quantum entanglement.</li><li>Provides content to design optical configurations for optical entanglement-based systems in quantum communications and quantum computing.</li><li>Includes discussions of key practical applications such as space-to-space, fiber and satellite communications.</li><li>Presents the fascinating subject of quantum interpretations as elucidated by quantum entanglement. </li></ul>

Quantum Entanglement Engineering and Applications (Coherent Sources and Applications)

Science & Math

Duarte, F.J.

Physics

IOP Publishing Ltd.

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation

History

Americas

FriesenPress

IN 2010, MEMBERS OF THE HAUDENOSAUNEE NATIONALS (formerly the Iroquois Nationals) lacrosse team, representing the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of six Indigenous Nations in North America, were sitting in a hotel in New York City instead of playing on the field in Manchester, England, competing for a world championship. The Nationals were told they couldn't use their Haudenosaunee passports to travel to the UK; only Canadian or American passports would be accepted, effectively denying that this Confederacy had sovereignty and reinforcing the authority of the colonial powers. Media coverage of this pivotal event sparked the curiosity of longtime international lacrosse coach and player Travis Taylor. He wanted to learn more about the intersection of the sport and the traditional beliefs of the Indigenous people who originally developed the sport-or as they call it Tewa'á raton.\nOriginally written as Taylor's PhD thesis, The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, the Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation postulates how lacrosse is a "modern medicine game," and is a crucial element of reconciliation, decolonization, and resilience for the Haudenosaunee peoples. It explores what led the Haudenosaunee Nationals to assert their self-determination in 2010 by reaching back into time to understand the origins of the sport as a gift from the Creator, and its adoption and evolution by English-speaking people, most notably William George Beers.

Critical events on Mars threaten to engulf the entire planet in violent revolution as the underclass of Martian colonists plots to free the Martian citizens from the control of the powerful Sol System government. By the author of Warp Speed

One Day on Mars (Tau Ceti Agenda)

In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault. As the only space ship currently available to the Human-Adar Alliance, the Vorpal Blade is dispatched to find out what happened to the colony, rescue any survivors and learn the identity of the attackers. 
With new complexities added to the universe started in the novel Into the Looking Glass and continued in Vorpal Blade, Manxome Foe continues the tradition of non-stop action, valorous if quirky characters and rigorous science drawn from the frontiers of current theory. The odd-ball crew of the Vorpal Blade is an unlikely savior of earth, but none dare say they quail at engaging the Manxome Foe.

Manxome Foe (Looking Glass, Book 3)

Ringo, John

A crackling, realistic thriller of intrigue and courage overflowing with cool near-future ideas for a return to the glory days of lunar exploration from the “dream-team” of science fiction writer Travis S. Taylor (also a NASA and DOD consultant) and Les Johnson, Deputy Manager for the Advanced Concepts Office at the NASA—a man who definitely knows whereof he speaks. The space race is back on. While NASA stages a fiftieth anniversary return to the Moon, a gritty private company puts together its own moonshot, complete with space tourists in tow. Across the globe, the Chinese are determined to arrive first this time. What’s more, they’ll do whatever it takes to win—including stealing every bit of American technology they can pilfer and hack. But just as politics and spectacle threaten to overshadow real accomplishment yet again, something goes horribly wrong on the lunar surface. Now the front-line troops, the astronauts themselves, must put aside the squabbles of others and take fate into their own hands. For it is time to prove that humans are not merely redundant cogs in a vast “lunar delivery process”–but that exploration and adventure in space is humanity’s destiny. About Travis S. Taylor “[E]xplodes with inventive action.—Publishers Weekly on Travis S. Taylor’s The Quantum Connection. “[Warp Speed] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum. . .You won’t want to put it down”—John Ringo About Les Johnson: “. . . .Solar Sails. . .convincingly captures the history of. . .solar sails. . .for aerospace students and keen enthusiasts alike.”—Nature

Back to the Moon

Johnson, Les

Popular science from the Rocket City Rednecks, as seen in multiple appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the National Geographic Channel’s hit series. An authorized spinoff of the popular television show: how America can return to space exploration and manned space flight, all delivered with the laidback attitude, gumption, and backyard science the Rocket City Redneck crew are known for on their breakout series. Cover features Rocket City Rednecks cast with a backyard-made rocket. Popular science from the Rocket City Rednecks, as seen in multiple appearances on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and in the National Geographic Channel’s hit series. Meet the Rocket City Rednecks. They’re five “backwoods” guys from the rocket city: Huntsville, Alabama, home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the birthplace of the U.S. space program. Sure, they love to shoot stuff and drink beer, and one of ’em lives in a trailer, but with a family tree full of NASA rocket scientists (not to mention their own PhDs and advanced degrees), they aim a little higher—like using homemade moonshine to fuel a rocket! Now, in typical laidback style, Dr. Travis S. Taylor, leader of the crew, delivers the goods on how America can return to space exploration and manned space flight – and can probably do so with common items found in a typical redneck backyard. What’s needed is a good old “try anything” attitude, a bit of gumption, and the spectacularly entertaining backyard science that’s the Rocket City Redneck specialty.

A New American Space Plan: by Travis Taylor, Ringleader of the Rocket City Rednecks

Osborn, Stephanie

Astronomy & Space Science

Five people with extraordinary powers are called together by a man who claims to have created them. His ideals compel them to oppose him and fight his army of similarly-powered humans, leading to a battle between good and evil.Join Blaire Damon (Blaze), Thomas Clackett (Tele-Cloaker), Brian Wattson (Watts), Chris Bradsvord (Vicisserine), and Eugene P. Brightwater (Perfect-Tone) as they take on Clarence Whondite and his team, the "World Mutants".

Pent-M Issue 0: Prelude

Comics & Graphic Novels

Russell, Jeff

Shorter, Jeremy

Holloway, Patrick

Dawson, Sean

Whisenant, Nathan

Graphic Novels

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

'Pent' means Five. '-M' stands for 'Mutants'.Blaire Damon, Thomas Clackette, Brian Wattson, Chris Bradsvord, and Dr. Eugene P. Brightwater arrive in Cairo, Egypt at the behest of their computer system, the Computer of Mutant Amnesty (C.O.M.A.), to track down a mutant with some very unusual powers.The first is a young female who is heir to the ancient throne of Egypt who doesn't even know her own real name. The other is an English archaeologist-turned-treasure hunter out to find the young heiress' family fortune - a fortune she doesn't even know exists.Abdan Nashur (translated as "a Man's Thorn"), also known as "Shadow" is eighteen years old (or so) and has the ability to become two-dimensional. The man hunting for her and the fortune is Mike Niel, referred to by his codename "the Imaginator", can transfer parts of his life essence into inanimate objects, bringing them to life to do his every bidding.Included in this volume are pages from Issues 2, 4, and 6, which lead up to issues 7 and 8, where Shadow becomes a member of Pent-M, and Brian Wattson leaves the team to find himself while Pent-M tracks down Shadow's family fortune and defend it against the Imaginator.Pent-M was created by Jeremy Shorter, Jeff Russell, Patrick Holloway, Nathan Whisenant, Sean Dawson, and Travis Taylor in 1992. The first three issues were released in Gravette High School, Gravette, Arkansas, from February to April 1994. Prelude was released with the first three issues in May of 1994.The two issues contained in this volume were never released or issued.This 20th Anniversary Edition collects the original material from issues 7 and 8, with original artwork from the same era.Welcome to the World of Pent-M (later called 'The Means').Jeremy Shorter - Creator, Writer, and Artist

Pent-M Issue 7-8: Shadows and Imagination (Pent-M / The Means)

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The Quantum Connection

Quantum Entanglement Engineering and Applications (Coherent Sources and Applications)

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation

The Modern Medicine Game: Lacrosse, The Haudenosaunee, and Reconciliation

One Day on Mars (Tau Ceti Agenda)

Manxome Foe (Looking Glass, Book 3)

Back to the Moon

A New American Space Plan: by Travis Taylor, Ringleader of the Rocket City Rednecks

Pent-M Issue 0: Prelude

Pent-M Issue 7-8: Shadows and Imagination (Pent-M / The Means)