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| The Caloris Network A Scientific Novel |
The year is 2130. The first-ever expedition is sent to
Mercury to search for the cause of an unknown source of electromagnetic
radiation that can destroy space ships passing by the planet. Thought to be
inhospitable and lifeless, the surface of Mercury provides startling surprises
for the crew that endanger their lives and challenge their established notions
of what it means to be a sentient being. And some of the crew members have
their own separate agendas …The scientific appendix at the end of the book
introduces readers to the wondrous world of Mercury and how it has been
portrayed in literary fiction up to the present time. The author then uses
scientific literature to present a concept of life that is not based on carbon
chemistry or the need for water. There is also a discussion of consciousness
based on electromagnetic wave theory. References are provided for further
reading.Nick Kanas is an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of
California, San Francisco, where he directed the group therapy training
program. For over 20 years he conducted research on group therapy, and for
nearly 20 years after that he was the Principal Investigator of NASA-funded
research on astronauts and cosmonauts. He is the co-author of Space Psychology
and Psychiatry, which won the 2004 International Academy of Astronautics Life
Science Book Award, and the author of Humans in Space: The Psychological
Hurdles, which won the 2016 International Academy of Astronautics Life Science
Book Award.
Dr. Kanas has presented talks on space psychology and on celestial mapping at several regional and Worldcon science fiction conventions. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (London), he has been an amateur astronomer for over 50 years and is an avid reader of science fiction. He is also the author of two non-fiction books (Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography and Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age) and two science fiction novels (The New Martians and The Protos Mandate), all published by Springer.
Dr. Kanas has presented talks on space psychology and on celestial mapping at several regional and Worldcon science fiction conventions. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (London), he has been an amateur astronomer for over 50 years and is an avid reader of science fiction. He is also the author of two non-fiction books (Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography and Solar System Maps: From Antiquity to the Space Age) and two science fiction novels (The New Martians and The Protos Mandate), all published by Springer.
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