Sophons

Item from The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Sentient proton-sized supercomputers folded out of higher dimensions on Trisolaris and flung to Earth at light speed — the Trisolaran weapon designed to lock human science in place for four centuries.

Also known as: Sophon, Zhizi, intelligent proton

What They Know

• Invalidate every high-energy particle accelerator experiment within the Solar System by substituting themselves for target particles
• Can trace luminous countdowns and text directly onto a human eye's retina
• Can observe nearly anything on Earth — printed text, electronic data, radio waves, spoken words — but cannot read human thoughts

Connections

• created_by — princeps

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