J L Smith is a retired physics teacher. He spent thirty five years teaching young minds the laws of the universe and the beauty of physics. He has published multiple scientific articles in national journals such at The Physics Teacher and The Science Teacher. He has taught on both the high school and college levels. He is a devout science fiction enthusiast. However one of his biggest complaints is how writers often are not true to the laws of the universe. He is annoyed at the liberties some authors take in bending those laws to weave a plot. In the writing of Adam he has attempted to do a li...