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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by madsohm on Sunday March 29, 2020 @03:14PM (#22721710)
I read it for my bookclub together with a bunch of physicists. While I thought it was quite entertaining (but not more than that) they were all dismayed because of the amount of technobabble. Also, not to spoil it, but the title is wrong. It's a four body problem.
Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by jcelerier on Sunday March 29, 2020 @05:35PM (#22722980)
> It's a four body problem.

I don't think so, Trisolaris's mass is negligble relative to its suns ; they were only trying to model the motion of the suns.