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How Bad Would the Greenhouse Effect in The Calculating Stars Really Be?

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Alex R. Howe

In Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Calculating Stars, a meteor hits the east coast of the United States in the 1950s, obliterating Washington DC and causing global climate catastrophe. Mathematical genius and future Lady Astronaut Elma York calculates that the climate … Continue reading →

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