The premise of the series involves a fallen battlecruiser landing on earth and sparks major scientific advances. (goodereader.com)
Just as physicists had predicted, the unprecedented view of the cosmic cataclysm — in which two superdense neutron stars spiraled into each other — brought with it a cornucopia of insights, each of which by itself would count as a major scientific advance. (sciencemag.org)
Practical applications aside, this is also a major scientific advance considering the same mathematical parameters have been used to describe intermolecular forces inside materials since the turn of the 19th century. (sciencedaily.com)