I just started The Three-Body Problem and have really been enjoying so far. That being said, the first chapter takes place during a struggle session at a university, where a professor is accused of reactionary thought by teaching Einstein’s theory of relativity and the Big Bang Theory by his own accord in an intro physics class.
Is there any historical truth to this sort of backlash, and if so, why? I’m no physicist, but I don’t understand how ToR/BBT contradict dialectical materialism.
Point one makes sense. The Obama blurb on the back definitely surprised me but so far I’ve enjoyed the book. Haven’t gotten too far into it yet but it’ll be interesting to see what happens with regard to point 2.