Father Inire's Mirrors and Wolfe Physics

Michael Buice · 19 Aug 2003, 18:34 · from urth-v0308.mbox · original

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From: Michael Buice <mabuice at uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Father Inire's Mirrors and Wolfe Physics
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:34:32 -0500
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On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 11:04  AM, James Wynn wrote:

> On this and on the subject of how well Wolfe describes technical=20
> concepts in
> layman's terms, I have picked up a rumor that Father Inire's mirrors=20
> operate
> by quantum tunneling. Is this true and, if so, can any physics grads
> critique how well he justifies this in the famous "fish" explanation"?

As I recall when I first read New Sun, my exact thought was that=20
Severian was straining to describe something Quantum Mechanical.  My=20
copy of Shadow & Claw is out on loan collecting new Wolfe converts at=20
the moment, so it might be awhile before I can contribute something=20
erudite and mind-boggling concerning said Fish.

Michael

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