{"product_id":"alien-physics-adrian-caldwell-9798299112313","title":"Alien Physics: Space Explained by a Jet-Engine Engineer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the universe could be understood like a machine?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlien Physics\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a journey through comets, moons, black holes, and Martian mysteries-seen not through the eyes of an astronomer, but through those of a jet-engine engineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllan Callweld, aerospace engineer and former jet-engine designer, grew up fascinated by the night sky. Decades later, after a career in Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation, and Safran, he brings that same engineer's instinct to the cosmos. To him, the universe is not abstract-it's a system. A place where plumes behave like exhaust streams, where instabilities mirror compressor surge, and where catastrophic stellar events echo the failures engineers fear most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy an interstellar comet resembles foreign object debris in an engine test cell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow lunar cycles affect mission design just like vibration cycles affect hardware life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy strange rocks on Mars test our diagnostic instincts the same way borescope images do\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow black holes can be read as ultimate system-level failures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending real aerospace logic with cosmic wonder, \u003ci\u003eAlien Physics\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique, engineer's guide to the skies. This is not another astronomy book. It's a fresh perspective-where engineering intuition unlocks the mysteries of space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever loved machines as much as the stars, this is the book you've been waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Caldwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798299112313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Adrian Caldwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440567595263,"sku":"9798299112313","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad0f1e0f-dc40-4727-ab1c-6da4833398ac.jpg?v=1777183302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alien-physics-adrian-caldwell-9798299112313","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}