Interesting to see Greg Egan's name come up! I am a huge fan of his books. I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see him involved in the math/physics research com

Interesting to see Greg Egan's name come up! I am a huge fan of his books. I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see him involved in the math/physics research community. Egan's stories are often of the "one big lie" variety. He makes up some fact (e.g. fundamental particles are composed of 12-dimensional wormholes, we live in an uncountably infinite multiverse that can be traversed, you can build a machine that combines a space and time dimension, etc.) and then follows the made-up fact to some fascinating conclusion. He is clearly very intelligent and has substantial background in many scientific fields, which makes his sci-fi books quite mind-bending.