Podcast appearances and mentions of Geoffrey A Landis

I wormhole, noti anche come ponti di Einstein-Rosen, sono teorizzati come tunnel che collegano due punti distanti nello spazio-tempo, permettendo un passaggio rapido tra essi. La spiegazione di come funziona un wormhole si basa sulla relatività generale di Einstein. Secondo alcuni documentari, i wormhole potrebbero teoricamente esistere e essere usati come macchine del tempo. Per costruire un wormhole stabile, sarebbe necessaria materia esotica con energia negativa, che impedirebbe al tunnel di collassare. Nei film come "Interstellar", i wormhole vengono rappresentati come passaggi praticabili per viaggi interstellari e temporali. Il concetto di wormhole come macchina del tempo implica che, manipolando uno degli ingressi con velocità relativistiche o posizionandolo in un forte campo gravitazionale, si potrebbe creare uno sfasamento temporale tra le due estremità. Questo permetterebbe di viaggiare nel tempo entrando in una estremità e uscendo nell'altra in un'epoca diversa. Tuttavia, sebbene l'idea sia affascinante, non esistono attualmente prove che i wormhole esistano nella realtà. Inoltre, costruire un wormhole con le tecnologie attuali è oltre le nostre capacità. La possibilità di viaggiare nel tempo attraverso i wormhole rimane quindi un affascinante tema di ricerca teorica e speculazione scientifica. FONTI • De-Chang Dai and Dejan Stojkovic. "Observing a wormhole." Physical Review D, vol.100, no. 8, 2019, p. 083513, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083513. • John G. Cramer, Robert L. Forward, Michael S. Morris, Matt Visser, Gregory Benford, and Geoffrey A. Landis. "Natural wormholes as gravitational lenses." Physical Review D, vol. 51, no. 6, 1995, pp. 3117-3123, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.51.3117. • A. Einstein and N. Rosen. "The Particle Problem in the General Theory of Relativity." Physical Review, vol. 48, no. 1, 1935, pp. 73-77, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRev.48.73. • Michael S. Morris and Kip S. Thorne. "Wormholes in spacetime and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity." American Journal of Physics, vol. 56, no. 5, 1988, pp. 395-412, DOI: 10.1119/1.15620. • Michael S. Morris, Kip S. Thorne, and Ulvi Yurtsever. "Wormholes, Time Machines, and the Weak Energy Condition." Physical Review Letters, vol. 61, no. 13, 1988, pp. 1446-1449, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1446. __________________

Recently at Cleveland Concoction in Aurora, Ohio, BPP Host Tory Gates was joined by fellow authors for a Roundtable Discussion, "Structuring Your Story." He was joined in this shoot-style talk by: Addie King, an attorney by day and author by night, is the author of The Grimm Legacy and The Hochenwalt Files series, along with a collection of short stories, Demons and Heroes and Robots, Oh My! Geoffrey A. Landis is a NASA scientist who develops advanced technologies for spaceflight. He is a Hugo, Nebula, and Robert A. Heinlein Award winner for science fiction and author of Mars Crossing and the Impact Parameter Collection. Marie Vibbert is a Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Her work includes The Gods Awoke and Galactic Hellcats, along with more than 90 published short stories. Weston Kincade is the author of character-driven fantasy, paranormal and horror works. These include the A Life of Death trilogy and The Priors. His short stories have appeared in Kevin J. Kennedy's best-selling collections, along with Alucard Press' 50 Shades of Slay. He is also a member of the Horror Writers Assocation and a founder of CleCon's Author's Alley.    

Time travel to 1995 with scientist/science fiction writers Geoffrey A. Landis, Jr. and Yoji Kondo as we chew over the question of the age of the universe. We discuss how the idea of the universe even having a beginning is a relatively new concept, the way we choose between the many competing theories of its age, how the phrase "Big Bang" was a joke which stuck, the paradox of some stars appearing to be older than the universe itself, how a science fiction writer’s imagination might solve unanswered questions, whether knowing when the universe was born will help us calculate when it will end, and more.

Feature Guest: Geoffrey A. Landis When we think of terraforming, we probably envision turning the Red Planet blue. But Mars isn’t the only world in our solar system that ambitious scientists have considered transforming. Imagine a network of floating cities in the clouds of Venus, or sailing ships plying the oceans of a newly thawed moon in the outer solar system. Today we’re going to dream here at The Star Spot with NASA scientist and award-winning science fiction author, Geoffrey Landis. Current in Space After NASA's InSight lander touched down on Mars in late 2018, it's already gathering fascinating data, but as Camilla explains, its latest discovery is literally groundshaking: Mars is officially a seismically active planet! Then Jeff reports on the launch of Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-exploring spacecraft that will enhance our knowledge of the Sun's influence on the entire Solar System. And while Pluto's heart made us fall in love with the famous dwarf planet all over again, Anshool describes an influence that goes far beyond its aesthetic qualities. Wrapping it up with a special double bill on our local star: The most detailed image so far of the Sun's surface has been captured, and Amelia and Priyanka provide the details. About Our Guest Geoffrey A. Landis is a scientist at the NASA John Glenn Research Centre where he works on Mars missions and on developing advanced concepts and technology for future space missions. He has expertise in photovoltaic device design, for which he holds four patents. Landis received bachelors degrees in physics and in electrical engineering from MIT, and a PhD in physics from Brown University. In addition to his pure science work, Landis has published over fifty science fiction short stories, including "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" which won the Nebula award for best short story and "A Walk in the Sun" which won the Hugo award. 

Dare to eat donuts with a dozen horrific creators during the StokerCon Donut Spooktacular! Join us as Michael Bailey describes his novel inspired by a fire which turned his home to ashes in seven minutes, Geoffrey A. Landis shares about the Sherlock Holmes/Jack the Ripper horror story he published in the science fiction magazine Analog, Brian Keene explains why he chose last weekend to finally reappear at an HWA event, Wile E. Young tells why he thinks of the Road Runner whenever a story gets rejected, Anton Cancre reveals which guest that weekend earned most of his squee, Wesley Southard offers his schtick for selling books when stuck behind a dealers table at a con, Erik T. Johnson gives an unexpected (but perfectly logical) answer when asked about one of the perks of StokerCon, Patrick Freivald looks back on how his horror career began via a collaboration with his twin brother, Josh Malerman recounts how he replaced readings with full blown Bird Box interactive performances and the way an audience of 85-year-olds reacted, Asher Ellis shares how the Stonecoast MFA program made him a better writer, Kennikki Jones-Jones discusses her Final Frame award-winning short film Knock Knock, Eugene Johnson celebrates his Bram Stoker Award win that night for It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, and much, much more!

Time travel to 1993 for lunch with Arlan Andrews, Sr., Gregory Benford, Geoffrey A. Landis, and Charles Sheffield as we discuss how Gilligan's Island gave TV viewers the wrong idea about scientists, the ways in which most science fiction isn't actually science fiction at all, but rather engineering fiction, what's wrong with portraying scientists as if they're any different than non-scientists, why Stephen King's The Stand gave such a negative picture of science and technology, the dangers of letting governments control science, why real science, like real art, is work, the reason scientists need to be more aggressive about the ways in which they're portrayed, and more.

First Story: “Lazy Taekos” by Geoffrey A. Landis Once there was a boy named Taekos who lived on a heart farm. His parents were hardworking people: they grew new hearts for old men, and tiny hearts for babies; they grew strong hearts to plant into young men who had crashed their air-scooters and needed replacements; and they grew rugged working hearts for androids who were grown in a vat.  But Taekos didn’t want to live on the farm.  He was lazy, and wanted to do something that was more fun and less like work. One day he slung his pack over his shoulder and told his parents he was off to seek his fortune in the big city.  He hitched a ride with a passing businessman driving an old-fashioned one-wheeled gyro-car, and in a few minutes he was in the big city. Geoffrey A. Landis is a scientist and a science fiction writer. As a scientist, he is researcher working at the NASA John Glenn Research Center. He works on projects related... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 010 of the AboutSF podcast is a recording of Geoffrey A. Landis reading the Frederik Pohl short story “The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass.”  “The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass” was first published in Galaxy Magazine in 1962, and has since been included in numerous collections of Mr. Pohl’s work.  Most recently, in 2005, the story was included in The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp. Mr. Landis was recorded reading “The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass” at the 2011 Campbell Conference, where he also received the 2011 Theodore Sturgeon Award for his short story “The Sultan of the Clouds,” published in Asimov's Science Fiction.  Mr. Landis is a prolific writer of Science Fiction, having won a Nebula Award, two Hugo Awards and a Locus Award for his short fiction and novels.  He has also received two Rhysling Awards for his poetry, and his poetry collection Iron Angels was published by Van Zeno Press in 2009. Aside from these sizeable literary accomplishments, Geoffrey Landis works as a scientist for NASA at the John Glenn Research Center, where he has worked on the Mars missions and on developing advanced concepts and technology for future space missions.  More information about Mr. Landis’ scientific research is available on his website, as well as a list of links to his scientific papers available online.

Coming Up Fact: Science News by J.J. Campanella 01:50 Main Fiction: The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis 23:50 Interview: Gareth Powell 01:02:10 Gareth Powell’s new book The Recollection Narrator: Jonathan Danz Cover Art: Brian Thomas Woods Promo: Journey Into )1:23:00 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Saturday Night With The Poet's Haven podcast, featuring open-mic performances from October 25, 2008 at Angel Falls in Akron, OH, November 1, 2008 at Muggswigz in Canton, OH, and November 15, 2008 at Cool Beans Cafe in Medina, OH; Jen Pezzo - Dance With the Moon, Beware of Mirrors and Doll's Eyes, Real Faeries; T.M. Gottl - Telling War Stories in A-Minor; MUSICAL GUEST: Leah - The Song With No Name; Mary Turzillo - More Ways to Tell Your Cat is a Space Alien; Geoffrey A. Landis - Wires; Mary Turzillo - The Hunter's Mother; Geoffry A. Landis - Wires (2); Mary Turzillo - The Monster's Mother; Geoffry A. Landis - 'Abd al Muqeet; Mary Turzillo - Matchbook; Ariel - Four Days; RUNNING TIME: 30:16

Saturday Night With The Poet's Haven podcast, featuring open-mic performances from October 25, 2008 at Angel Falls in Akron, OH; Young Magik - Automatic Love; Jen Pezzo - The Curse of Mr. McMurty, Phil Did Not Excell at Being a Vampire, The Scary in the Forest, The Mysterious Voice, It's Dreary; MUSICAL GUEST: Blackwell - Lost but Found featuring Tosca Abigail; Geoffrey A. Landis - A Glimpse of Splendor; Mary Turzillo - If You Loved Me; Geoffry A. Landis - Illusion's Lure; Mary Turzillo - Daddy Says It's Not a Dragon; Geoffry A. Landis - Still On the Road; EXPLICIT CONTENT; RUNNING TIME: 29:28

Saturday Night With The Poet's Haven podcast, featuring open-mic performances from October 25, 2008 at Angel Falls in Akron, OH; Geoffrey A. Landis and Mary Turzillo - haikus, That Old Cat; Mary Turzillo - Old Poet Calls Me Up; Geoffrey A. Landis - Perambulation; Mary Turzillo - We Made Poetry (for Geoff); Geoffry A. Landis - Important Things; Mary Turzillo - Scout; MUSICAL GUEST: Blackwell - Tha Way U featuring Crystalann; Sarah Lambert - untitled; Christopher Franke - untitled; EXPLICIT CONTENT; RUNNING TIME: 28:05