Frontiers of Science
Names: Frontiers of ScienceSF
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 4 (4)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 4The Frontiers of Science is an international academic group that formed from 2005 World Year of Physics exchanges and uses science to seek science's limits.
- Ch 4Most of the physicists who committed suicide had connections to the Frontiers of Science, though no illegal drugs or cult-like manipulation were found.
- Ch 4It is an organization of elite international scholars; investigating it is delicate, and the authorities cannot make progress without help from someone in academia.
- Ch 6Shen says the group concerns matters far more fundamental than Wang imagined.
- Ch 10Frontiers of Science and the suicides of academics are cited by Da Shi as part of the strange pattern of events.
Connections
- has memberPan Han
- has memberShen Yufei
- led byShen Yufei
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 4Wang agrees to join the Frontiers of Science
After Chang dismisses him, Wang argues with Shi, who mocks him and the dead scholars. Provoked, Wang reverses his refusal and agrees to join the Frontiers of Science to prove Shi wrong.