(Ebook) Just Like Being There - A Collection Of Science Fiction Short Stories by Eric Choi ISBN 9783030916053, 3030916057

(Ebook) Just Like Being There - A Collection Of Science Fiction Short Stories by Eric Choi ISBN 9783030916053, 3030916057

'Just Like Being There' is the first collection of science fiction stories by award-winning Canadian Author and aerospace engineer Eric Choi spanning his 25 year writing career. The stories are “hard” science fiction in which some element of engineering or science is so central there would be no story if that element were removed. Story topics include space exploration, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cryptography, quantum computing, online privacy, mathematics (statistics), neuroscience, psychology, space medicine, extra-terrestrial intelligence, undersea exploration, commercial aviation, and the history of science. A special feature of the book is that each story is followed by an "Afterword" that explains the underlying engineering or science involved. This collection will entertain and inform all aficionados of science and science fiction and is part of the long running Science And Fiction Book series also available through this publisher.The stories included in this collection are:Raise the Nautilus, The Son of Heaven, From a Stone, The Coming Age of the Jet, Crimson Sky, Most Valuable Player, A Man’s Place, Plot Device, Just Like Being There, She Just Looks That Way, Divisions, Fixer Upper, Decrypted and A Sky and a Heaven.Canadian Eric Choi is a licensed professional engineer (P.Eng) with a B.A.Sc in Engineering Science and an M.A.Sc in Aerospace Engineering, both from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from York University (Both in Canada). In 2009, he was one of the Top 40 finalists (out of 5,351 applicants) in the Canadian Space Agency’s astronaut recruitment campaign, and was close friends with the recently deceased Author Ben Bova with whom he also edited a short story collection called 'Carbide Tipped Pens'.