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Ira Mark Egdall is an award-winning international author. His latest book is Cosmic Roots: The Conflict Between Science and Religion and How it Led to the Secular age. He is also the author of Einstein Relativity Simple: Our Universe Explained in Everyday Language.

Mark is a retired aerospace program manager with an undergraduate degree in physics from Northeastern University. Mark now teaches lay courses in modern physics as well as the history of the science /religion conflict at the Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Miami.

When not thinking about writing, Mark spends his time playing with his grandchildren and driving his wife crazy.

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	Einstein Relatively Simple: Our Universe Revealed In Everyday Language 4.48 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unsung Heroes of the Universe it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Physics of the Movie “Interstellar”

A summary of the physics of the new movie Interstellar on LinkedIn: Interstellar link

Never say never. Though it sure seems that interstellar travel is extremely unlikely. For Alcubierre warp drive, one needs stupendous amounts of “negative energy”. Although it exists according to Quantum Mechanics — it is found in quantum vacuum energy — no one knows how to access it, let alone in great quantitie