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This chapter discusses the parallel worlds in science fiction, with a comparison with the splitting universe idea and illustrates a story from Omni Science Fiction (what mathematical problem would a military aviator who has been shot free from his airplane by enemy gunfire think about as he falls—with no parachute—toward the ocean 25,000 feet below?).

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Alternate Universes

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    2026年

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  • Paul J. Nahin

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This chapter discusses the parallel worlds in science fiction, with a comparison with the splitting universe idea and illustrates a story from Omni Science Fiction (what mathematical problem would a military aviator who has been shot free from his airplane by enemy gunfire think about as he falls—with no parachute—toward the ocean 25,000 feet below?).