Count to a Trillion by Wright John C
Author:Wright, John C. [Wright, John C.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-12-20T06:00:00+00:00
4. Memory Fragment
He would have expected their symbol for the Milky Way galaxy to be a double spiral. It was not. The position of the visible suns in the arms of the galaxy was not what the Monument Builders had emphasized as the identifying symbol: Instead it was a Cartesian square of text, showing the black-body radiation wavelengths of the gravitational centers of the galaxy, with an additional ring of symbols which could deciphered into the absorption characteristics and geometry of the gas cloud surrounding the Milky Way and her gravitationally-trapped neighbors. In his mind’s eye, Montrose converted the glyphs in the Zeta Segment into a map that could visualize in crisp detail. To the Monument Builders, the galaxy was not a double spiral of light, but a black doughnut with a dark heart.
It was easy to assign a fragment of his mind to the task of detecting the pattern in the strings of number-symbols. The fourth degree expressions were the six parameters of orbital mechanics, which identified specific stars. The fifth degree gave not orbits, but acceleration and decelerations of moving bodies.
The stars of the Hyades Cluster were shown swinging along in the great orbits around the core of the galaxy. Here was Sol, tracing out another orbit. Chains of acceleration and deceleration, like threads of a spiderweb, reached through the diagram. A set of lines connected the two: the path elements of a coming armada.
Other mathematical expressions described volumes of spheres, expanding from certain centers over time. Here were equations he recognized as hierarchical cascade functions.
Even in his superior state of mind, he was not immune to fear. If anything, the sensation was sharper, more precise, scalpel-like, because he saw more of the implications, more possible dangers, than his sleepwalker mind.
That equation was divarication function applied to governing systems, to prevent orders from being mutated and misinterpreted when passing from decision-centers to action. The theorem could apply to any information system, the core in a computer, the brain in an organism, the court of a sovereign …
It was a pantomime in mathematical sign language to show the size and boundaries of the movements of human populations into the stars, the degree of control.
The equations taken all together, smaller symbols insider larger ones which in turn were written in lines and shapes to form larger symbols yet, all were rich with meaning. If put into words, it would have said:
THE MATTER-DISTORTION PROCESS KNOWN AS LIFE WHEN FOUND DISQUIETING THE MAGNETOSPHERE OF THE ANTIMATTER STAR AT V 886 CENTURI TO BE RESTRICTED TO THE STATUS OF NEGATIVE-POWER IMBALANCE, HENCE ARE CLIENTS (PASSIVE RECEPIENTS OF ACTION) OF THE ACTIONS OF DOMINANT POWER (HYADES CLUSTER). IF DETERMINED TO POSSESS SUFFICIENT UTILITY TO BE HELD IN INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE TO THE IMPERATIVES DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING EQUATIONS … ALL OTHER OPTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO RETALIATION OF THE FOLLOWING MAGNITUDES … PAIN IS THE DETERRENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE, INCLUDING CESSATION OF MATTER-DISTORTION PROCESS KNOWN AS DEATH …
Then came a group of symbols he could not read.
Download
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.
Fantasy | Gaming |
Science Fiction | Writing |
Sita - Warrior of Mithila (Book 2 of the Ram Chandra Series) by Amish(53866)
The Crystal Crypt by Dick Philip K(36459)
Cat's cradle by Kurt Vonnegut(14784)
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han(14498)
Ready Player One by Cline Ernest(14033)
The Last by Hanna Jameson(9827)
Year One by Nora Roberts(9332)
Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey(8998)
The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro(8418)
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro(8338)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown(8288)
Dark Space: The Second Trilogy (Books 4-6) (Dark Space Trilogies Book 2) by Jasper T. Scott(7940)
The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood(7470)
The Circle by Dave Eggers(6850)
Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 - 6 by Frank Herbert(6731)
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood(6526)
Legacy by Ellery Kane(6405)
Pandemic (The Extinction Files Book 1) by A.G. Riddle(6204)
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty(5847)
