N I C C O L OThe author spent 20 years of his life as a researcher and university professor in the traditional scientific disciplines: physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology. He specialized in the behavior of electrons in optically excited nanocrystals in slution. The most famous name in the field of reactive nanoparticles is that of Steven Jones, who reconstructed the nature of the explosives stalled in the twin towers: they were composed of two layers of atomic aluminum nanocrystals and iron oxide nanocrystals, coated on some flexible substrate. Whereas Steven Jones studied the New York dust (remainders of the twin towers) with all possible physical and chemical techniques, the author specialized on a single technique (femtosecond time-resolved optic-pump teraherz-probe spectroscopy) and applied it to non-explosive crystals of different shapes (spheres, cubes, foils), structures (pure, layered, mixed), and chemical composition (like PbS and CdSe). He used mathematics and quantum mechanics to explain his measured results. Intrigued by the sequel of the 1996 Sokal hoax, in 2015 the author decided to change his research, and has since then published four books on historic and sociologic themes (though not in the spirit of Sokal). Read More Read Less