Books by Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
The American screen adaptation of The Three-Body Problem became available on Netflix on March 21st—the first book in Chinese sci-fi writer Cixin Liu’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. The combination of Cultural Revolution trauma and advanced physics make both compelling.
“In the first book of the trilogy, science basically stops working on Earth, and there’s a big puzzle as to why. Particle accelerators start giving random results, and a bunch of scientists commit suicide. It is then revealed that an alien civilisation is at the origin of those events. These aliens themselves are going through a systemic collapse, and they create an AI that they send across space to take control of another civilisation” Read more...
The best books on Existential Risks
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Scientist
“In The Dark Forest…humanity realises the scale of the potential risk, and learn that they have 400 years to prepare before the alien fleet arrives. They know that the adversary is more technologically advanced than them, but not by how much.” Read more...
The best books on Existential Risks
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Scientist
Interviews where books by Cixin Liu were recommended
The best books on Existential Risks, recommended by The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
In the rapidly-emerging field of existential risks, researchers study the mitigation of threats that could lead to human extinction or civilisational collapse. We met with four researchers from The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, to discuss their recommendations of the best books to get a grasp of this dense subject.
