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Robert L. Forward wrote a pair of hard sci-fi novels, 'Dragon's Egg' & 'Starquake' about a manned Earth probe that discovers sentient life that evolved in the h

Robert L. Forward wrote a pair of hard sci-fi novels, 'Dragon's Egg' & 'Starquake' about a manned Earth probe that discovers sentient life that evolved in the hot plasma on the surface of a star. I prefer the second more, but both are very good.

layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
* a neutron star
- gus_massa 6y ago
  You may enjoy reading about the best models of the structure of the matter near the surface of a neutron star, that is called "nuclear pasta" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pasta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pasta and one with graphics that explain the names https://astrobites.org/2017/10/05/nuclear-pasta-in-neutron-stars/ https://astrobites.org/2017/10/05/nuclear-pasta-in-neutron-s...