The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

by

Liu Cixin

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Sha Ruishan Character Analysis

Sha Ruishan is a former student of Ye Wenjie to whom Wang goes in order to try to monitor the shift in the cosmic background radiation. Sha tells Wang a bit about Ye Wenjie’s life. He is also skeptical this sort of shift in the cosmic background radiation is even possible, and astonished when it actually occurs.
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Sha Ruishan Character Timeline in The Three-Body Problem

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Chapter 9. The Universe Flickers
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...Wenjie and Yang Dong. When he finally gets to the center, Wang is greeted by Sha Ruishan, who is Ye Wenjie’s former student. Wang explains that he has come to “see... (full context)
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Sha laughs at this request—the cosmic background radiation changes so slowly (over millions and millions of... (full context)
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...Wang does not expect the fluctuation to start until one in the morning, he and Sha agree to get a drink. While they talk, Sha summarizes Ye Wenjie’s life—he recaps the... (full context)
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...enough, the line on the COBE monitor has turned red and has become a waveform. Sha is shocked, and so he checks other, more up-to-date radiation probes, all of which show... (full context)
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In a panic, Sha decides that Wang must get his hands on a pair of 3K glasses, which allow... (full context)