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Eric Argus, a scientist whose earlier groundbreaking work damaged his reputation and challenged his sanity, is offered a last opportunity at Hansen Research, a Boston laboratory granting researchers a period of free inquiry. He replicates Feynman's doubleβslit experiment, then discovers a fundamental difference between humans and animals, proving the existence of the human soul.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Ted Kosmatka
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