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Answer by Lexible for What is the title of this book where an alien(?) states...

In the novel Death's End by Cixin Liu, the third book in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, there's an announcement made about the destruction of the universe received by a woman, and some...

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Answer by Scivic for What is the title of this book where an alien(?) states...

Is this perhaps the 3 Body Problem that is out on netflix? It also is based on a book that deals with alien, light travel, physics, etc..

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Answer by John Rennie for What is the title of this book where an alien(?)...

I wonder if you are misremembering Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang.There is a scene where the physics you describe (Fermat's principle) is described, and it does involve aliens (heptapods) visiting...

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What is the title of this book where an alien(?) states Earth/this universe...

It seems to be a semi-educational book. The woman talks about how light travels through different mediums, and that light always takes the path with the shortest travel time to its destination (e.g....

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Answer by Michael for What is the title of this book where an alien(?) states...

I think this is World of 1001 Mysteries by Russell Stannard, published in 1993. The Google books summary is brief but relevant:The Council of the Federation of Universes has decreed that ouruniverse is...

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Answer by Hecatonchires for What is the title of this book where an alien(?)...

Have you conflated stories? Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams starts with the arriving Vogon's declaring they're about to demolish the earth to build a galactic freeway.

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