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Stories from Sarah Mackay’s Student Days

The first book in the series, ‘Nine Days Immersed in Particle Physics’, is absolutely free to download. If you like my first book, you will love the rest of my works.

1 Particle Physics in Geneva

Particle Physics in Geneva

Sarah Mackay, a curious first-year undergraduate, arrives at CERN in Geneva with a hunger to understand the smallest particles in the universe.

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2 Quantum Gravity in Istanbul

Quantum Gravity in Istanbul

In the bustling city of Istanbul, a diverse group of brilliant young students gathers for a nine-day seminar on quantum gravity while Europe is immersed in Covid.

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3 Quantum Gravity in Prague

Quantum Gravity in Prague

In Prague's architecture and cultural tapestry, Sarah and her student peers reunite to deepen their understanding of quantum gravity.

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4 Chaos Theory in Paris

Chaos Theory in Paris

Sarah explores chaos theory across nine intense lectures in Paris; intellectual fireworks, tangled equations, and personal upheavals.

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5 More Chaos Theory in Florence

Chaos Theory in Florence

Florence: Renaissance art, fractal metaphors, and fracturing friendships as Sarah pushes a radical idea that could change how we see order and chance.

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6 Quantum Mechanics in Copenhagen

Quantum Mechanics in Copenhagen

In Copenhagen, Sarah faces intellectual as well as personal and professional challenges. She explores the dual nature of particles and waves.

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7 Special Relativity in Bern

Special Relativity in Bern

Set in Bern, Switzerland, where Einstein was inspired to publish his special theory of relativity - Sarah revises the effects of near-light-speed travel.

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8 General Relativity in Berlin

General Relativity in Berlin

In Berlin, Sarah studies Einstein's theory of the interaction of gravity and spacetime. Old city scars and new scientific tensions collide as ethical dilemmas emerge.

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9 Relativity on the Grandest Scale in Kyiv

Relativity on the Grandest Scale in Kyiv

The series moves to Kyiv, as the Russian tanks roll into Ukraine in February 2022, Sarah goes through a harrowing experience which changes her attitudes about life forever.

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10 A Universe Made of Geometry in Oxford

A Universe Made of Geometry in Oxford

Set against Oxford's historic halls, Sarah probes whether geometry - not matter or energy - is the universe's true fabric. But pressures from different directions put a strain on her.

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11 A Universe Made of Information in Princeton

A Universe Made of Information in Princeton

At Princeton, Sarah goes into theories that give her a clearer vision of the essence of reality, while her inner reality becomes more and more diffuse.

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12 Private Investigation in New York

Private Investigation in New York

On a break from her academic studies, Sarah sets out to impriove her investigative skills, when life suddnly takes a dangerous turn.

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13 Forensic Science in Mexico City

Forensic Science in Mexico City

Sarah faces the danger head-on as she furthers her investigative skills by delving into forescic science. But death was more than an object of study on this occasion.

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14 Time Travel in Cambridge

Time Travel in Cambridge

A prestigious Cambridge seminar on theoretical (and practical) time travel forces Sarah to confront paradoxes of causality - and the personal consequences of trying to change the past.

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15 The Nature of Time in Kyoto

The Nature of Time in Kyoto

Amid Kyoto's tranquil temples and quantum debates, Sarah Mackay seeks the essence of time itself - discovering that understanding it may cost her the present she holds dear.

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16 The Manipulation of Reality in Loch Ness

The Manipulation of Reality in Loch Ness

The grand finale where everything comes to a head.

⏳ Coming some time in late 2026