Literature/ Reading Presentation Notes

The Forever War Terms Handout
  • Astrophysics: Study of physics on a macro scale. 
  • Astronomical Unit: (AU) The distance between the Earth and the Sun, used to describe relatively small units of distance.
  • Large Magellanic Cloud: Galaxy within relative distance of the Milky Way. This is where Mandella fights the Taurans in his first deployment. 
  • Collapsar: A star which has collapsed under its own gravity. Exists afterwards as a white dwarf, neutron star, or a black hole. Used in the story to travel large distances by using the gravity well to slingshot themselves through space.
  • Relativity: Time is affected by gravity, and therefore time passes slower when closer to high density areas (planets, etc.). Time is also affected by speed. The closer you get to the speed of light, the slower time will pass. Do to all of this, time passes differently in different parts of space. Space travel causes time dilation.
  • Time Dilation: When time on Earth passes differently than time in space. A result of relativity.
  • Zenith: 90 degrees from horizon directly above your head. 
  • Nadir: 90 degrees from horizon directly below your feet. Opposite of zenith. 
  • Eccentricity: How an object’s orbit deviates from a perfect circular orbit. Makes a sort of egg shaped orbit in most cases. 
  • Background Radiation: radiation which exists pretty much everywhere in the universe, minute but measurable, as a reminder of the big bang.
  • Kilocalorie: Notes (dollars) in the book are equal to a kilocalorie instead of gold. Kilocalorie is equal to 1000 calories. Used as a currency in response to food shortages. 
Collective Consciousness: (Hive Mind). All single organisms within the group share the same thoughts, and can organize based on a collective understanding. In the book this was Man and Woman.

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