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Thisarticlemaynotmeetthenotabilityguidelineforbooks.Pleasehelptoestablishnotabilityby addingreliable,secondarysourcesaboutthetopic.Ifnotabilitycannotbeestablished,thearticleis likelytobemergedordeleted. (May2009 ) FortheGermannovelbyEduardvonKeyserlingseeWellen(novel). Waves(alsoknownasWavesTheTrilogy)isathreepartnovelbyOganGurelpublishedin2009. [1]A 21stcenturyversionofFaust,thenovelexploresgoodandevilinbothindividualandglobalsettings focusingaroundahypothetical(thoughrealitybased)technologythathasbothmedicalandmilitary applications.Theprotagonist,TomasTwarok,isacontemplativeandidealisticdoctorturnedentrepreneur whostrikesadealwithhiscollegefriend,MaximilianIblis,aruthlesshedgefundmanager. Thenovelisconstructedaroundthreeinterleavedframenarratives.TheMelody,arealitybasedscifithriller thatgoesforwardintime.TheHarmony,whichpassesbackwardintimeisapsychologicaldrama (Bildungsroman)focusingprimarilyaroundtheprotagonist.TheRhythm,ascientificdialogue,whichtakes placeovertwelvehoursinasingleday.Musicasmetaphorplaysanimportantunifyingthemethroughout thebook.
Contents 1Background 2PlotSummary 3MajorCharactersinWaves 3.1Melody 3.2Harmony 3.3Rhythm 3.4Other 4MajorThemes 5Allusionsandreferencestootherworks 6Musicalreferences 7ScientificConceptsDiscussed 8References 8.1Notes 9Bookinformation 10Externallinks

Waves
Author Illustrator OganGurel 102illustrations, majoritydrawnby author Country Language Genre(s) UnitedStates English Novel

Publicationdate February5,2009 Mediatype ebook

Background

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Wavesisprimarilyaworkoffictioninwhichseveralprincipalcharacters(andnations)grappleincompetitionaswellasinparalleloverthe developmentandapplicationofanewtechnologythatutilizesterahertzradiationtodetectandmanipulatethefunctionofindividualproteins, specificallytheirmotions(ormoleculardynamics).Wavesisalsoascientifictreatise(intheformofliterature)thatoutlinessomeofthebackground andimplicationsofthistechnologywhich,inturn,createsaliterarydevicebywhichthereaderrealizesthatallthattranspiresintheplotmaynot necessarilybefantasy.TomasTwarok,theprotagonist,callsthistechnologythe'NovumOrganum'thereferencetoFrancisBacon'sworkofthe samenameisnotaccidental.TheSingaporeans(whodevelopthetechnologyinparallel)callitEastStar.

PlotSummary
Theplotiscomplex.Whatbeginsasadealstruckbetweenthetwomaincharacters,TomasTwarokandMaximilianIblis,spinsoutofcontrol. ParalleldevelopmentsoccurinColombia,Singapore,Iran,andMalaysia,allrequiringaresponsebytheAmericanPresidentcomplicatedbya concurrent(anddeepening)financialcrisis.

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MajorCharactersinWaves
Over100charactersappearinthebook.MajorcharactersarelistedbelowastheyappearintheMelody,Harmony,andRhythmsections.

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Melody
TomasTwarok

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Adoctorturnedentrepreneurthwartedinseveralattemptstobringhistechnology(NovumOrganum)tofruitionmakesadealwithacollegefriend ofhis,MaximilianIblis,nowaleadinghedgefundmanager.Contemplativeandidealistichetriestoguidetheapplicationofhisideatowards medicalaimsbutlearnsthattheworldhasotherplans.HischaracterismodeledafterGoethe'sFaustandBulgakov's'Master'inTheMasterand Margarita.TomasisAmericanwithsomemixedHungarianandPolishancestry.Intermsofthemeaningofthename'Twarok',thePolishfolklore characterPanTwardowskipresentssomesimilaritiestoFaust.TwargreferstoaspecialtypeofCentralEuropeancheese,alsoknownas Quarkcheesewhichcanbeusedforbothsweetandsourapplications,reflectingtheconceptthatgoodandevilareresidentwithinall. MaximilianIblis AHarvardeducatedGermanhedgefundmanager,whoseinitialfortunewasearnedthroughdubiouscircumstances.Heisportrayedasbeing foulmouthedandruthlessyetheisalsopracticaland,attimes,evenwarm.Ibls(Arabic ),isthenameoftheprimarydevil(Shaitanor Satan)inIslam. Abdul OneofMaximilianIblis'bodyguards.HeismodeledonthecharacterofBillyBuddinHermannMelville'snovelofthesamename.Thoughheis killedinChapter1,hisinfluencepersiststhroughoutthestory. Nina Tomas'swife.Hercharacterisakinto'Gretchen'inFaustand'Margarita'inBulgakov'sTheMasterandMargarita.Sheisbothphilosophicaland practicalsupportiveofTomas'sdreams,shealsoguideshimawayfromthisobsession.

Satan)inIslam. Abdul OneofMaximilianIblis'bodyguards.HeismodeledonthecharacterofBillyBuddinHermannMelville'snovelofthesamename.Thoughheis killedinChapter1,hisinfluencepersiststhroughoutthestory. Nina Tomas'swife.Hercharacterisakinto'Gretchen'inFaustand'Margarita'inBulgakov'sTheMasterandMargarita.Sheisbothphilosophicaland practicalsupportiveofTomas'sdreams,shealsoguideshimawayfromthisobsession. Julien ThefamilycatwhomakesanappearanceinnearlyeverychapteroftheMelody.Heisanalogous(intheoppositesense)tothecatcharacter, Behemot,inBulgakov'sTheMasterandMargarita. Olga StepdaughterofTomas(daughterofNina).Shepersonifiesadolescentangst. CeferinoDiago Colombiandruglordwholaundershisgroup'smoneythroughMaximilianIblis'hedgefund. Nigel,Jax,andAdhi MaximilianIblis'bodyguards.Adhitriestostealthetechnologythoughhiseffortsareeventuallythwarted. KashifMahboubi NewlyinstalledPrimeMinisterofSingapore. YinglanYousuf AdeputyresearcherintheSingaporeanMinistryofDefencewhodevelopsaparallelversionofthetechnology(calledEastStar)formilitary purposes. EleanorShanmugam DefenceMinisterforSingapore. ElijahMason FictionalU.S.Presidentwhosurvivesanassassinationattemptandgrappleswithwidespreadfinancialdisasterandmysteriousterrorattacks. WilliamMadison CIADirector. HelgaIblis MaximilianIblis'mother,sufferingfromadvancedAlzheimer'sdisease.HermindismentallystuckintheworldofNaziGermanyandTomas,in anefforttodemonstratethemedicalapplicationsofhis'NovumOrganum',hopestocureher. JennaMason WifeofPresidentElijahMason.HercharacterismodeledonLadyMacbethfromShakespeare'sMacbeth.

Harmony
TomasTwarok seeabove. Nina seeabove. MartinBoucher IoannisKostakis Ava Ramzi Prof.RogerWilliams MarjorieNelson Dr.NariusMaxwell Dr.Mohseni Prof.WilliamHenderson ThiangJohnson KimberlyLgstein JacobIrgang

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Rhythm

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WithTomasastutor,twelvestudentsfigureamongeachofthetwelvedialogues.Hedevelopsarelationshipwithoneofthem(Nora)threeothers (Carter,Jason,andYinglan)makeappearances(underseparatecircumstances)intheMelodyportionofthenovel.

Other

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TheinfluenceofotherhistoricalcharactersarepresentthroughoutWaves.TheseincludeJohnF.Kennedy,Beethoven,NielsBohr,AntoinedeSaint Exupry,andRenDescartes.

MajorThemes
ScienceandArt Therationalvs.theimaginativeworld(dreams&reality) ExistenceofGod GoodandEvil FreewillorFate Thefreemarket(equilibriumornonequilibrium) ThePlatonicpsyche(logos,thumos,anderos)anditsantipodes Idealismvs.realism Proteinsvs.DNA(whicharemoreimportant) Whatisnormalwhatisdisease? Debtbondage Happinessanddepression Courageandlove Teleologyvs.deontology Eastvs.West HowcouldNazismarise? Genocide

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Debtbondage Happinessanddepression Courageandlove Teleologyvs.deontology Eastvs.West HowcouldNazismarise? Genocide Irontriangles Theconsequencesofpoliticalcorruption Theunderpinningsofeconomicstrength Nuclearwar Theindividualandsociety(individualgoalsvs.collectivegoals) Virtueandnecessity Epistemology TheDoctorPatientRelationship

Allusionsandreferencestootherworks
JohannWolfgangvonGoethe'sFaustandWilhelmMeister'sApprenticeship MikhailBulgakov'sTheMasterandMargarita AntoinedeSaintExupry'sbookTheLittlePrince HermannMelville'snovellaBillyBudd HippocratesAphorisms ThemovieUntraceable FriedrichNietzsche'sworkGodisDead Galileo'sworksTheStarryMessengerandIlSaggiatore Molire'scomicplayTartuffe Shakespeare'splaysKingLear,Hamlet,RichardII,AsYouLikeIt,JuliusCaesar,andMacbeth GeorgeOrwell'snovellaAnimalFarm ThemovieApocalypseNow NormanMailer,MiamiandtheSiegeofChicago(1968) RenDescartes'DiscourseontheMethod StanleyKubrick'sfilmFullMetalJacket Plato'sdialoguesPhaedrusandTheSymposium T.S.Eliot'sTheWasteland LudwigWittgenstein'sTractatusLogicoPhilosophicus Aeschylus'PrometheusBound ThemovieDr.Strangeloveor:HowILearnedtoStopWorryingandLovetheBomb J.RobertOppenheimer(variousworks) AldousHuxley'snovelBraveNewWorld ArthurMiller'splayDeathofaSalesman DanteAlighieri'sDivineComedy JeanPaulSartre'sBeingandNothingness MiguelCervantes'DonQuixote W.H.Auden'spoemFuneralBlues JonathanSwift'snovelGulliver'sTravels JohnStuartMill'sbookUtilitarianism SinclairLewis'snovelsArrowsmithandBabbitt EdgarAllanPoe'spoemTheRaven Virgil'sepicpoemTheAeneid LaoTzu'sTaoTeChing ImmanuelKant'sGroundworkoftheMetaphysicofMorals TheParableoftheSixBlindMenandtheElephant MarcusAurelius'Meditations CharlesSchulz'CharlieBrown,SnoopyandMe ThemovieSavingPrivateRyan AlexanderKuprin'sTheBraceletofGarnets RobertBolt'splayAManforAllSeasons AbrahamLincoln'sGettysburgAddress Homer ThomasJeffersonandtheDeclarationofIndependence SunTzu'sTheArtofWar DavidHume'sphilosophicaltreatiseAnEnquiryConcerningHumanUnderstanding TheShahnameh(Persian )ofFerdowsi ThomasMann'snovelTheMagicMountain WallaceStevens'snovelPeterQuinceattheClavier RubiytofOmarKhayyam TheBible RobertF.Kennedy'sbookThirteenDays AlexanderHamiltoninTheFederalistPapers WilliamCarlosWilliamscollectionofpoemsAlQueQuiere!

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Musicalreferences
ThisisapartiallistofmusicalreferencesinWaves

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JohannSebastianBachToccataandFugueindminorandAironaGStringandJesuJoyofMan'sDesiringandConcertoforTwoViolinsinD MinorBWV1043

WilliamCarlosWilliamscollectionofpoemsAlQueQuiere!

Musicalreferences
ThisisapartiallistofmusicalreferencesinWaves

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JohannSebastianBachToccataandFugueindminorandAironaGStringandJesuJoyofMan'sDesiringandConcertoforTwoViolinsinD MinorBWV1043 GustavHolstJupiter,theBringerofJollityThePlanetsSuite NewOrderBlueMonday GustavHolstMercury,theWingedMessengerThePlanetsSuite TheCureFaithandOtherVoices AuldLangSyne CarlOrffO,Fortuna FrdricChopinSonatan2inBflatminorop.35,3rdmovementMarchefunbreandEtudeOp.10n3"Tristesse" FranzLisztConsolationNn3 JohannesBrahmsRhapsodyGminorop.79n2 U2BeautifulDay PatriciaKaasMonmecmoi FelixMendelssohnOctetEFlatMajor3rdmovement JohannesBrahmsPianoconcerton2.1stmovement,andPianoconcerton1.1stmovementinDminorand2ndmovementinDMajor. SavageGardenTrulyMadlyDeeply LudwigVanBeethovenSymphonien6(Pastoral),1stMvt,Symphonyn9,andEgmontOverture StardustTheMusicSoundsBetterWithYou LudwigVanBeethovenPianoSonatan14'Moonlight'andPianoSonatan8Op.13'Pathetique' RichardWagnerTheRideOfTheValkyries ZZTopSharpDressedMan BluesTravelerRunAround AlphavilleBigInJapan ModernTalkingYou'reMyHeartYou'reMySoul TomPettyFreeFallin' TracyChapmanBabyCanIHoldYou HailtotheChiefUnitedStatesPresidentialAnthem SingaporeNationalAnthemMajulahSingapura GounodLisztFaustWaltzPart1 DavidBowieYoungAmericans HohenfriedbergerMarchbyFriedrichIIfromthemovieBarryLyndon(StanleyKubrick) BritishGrenadiers TheEaglesPleaseComeHomeforChristmas GenesisFollowyou,followme GiacomoPucciniNessunDorma SamuelBarberAdagioforStrings,op.11 EmilieAutumnMiserylovescompany GiacomoPucciniOmiobabbinocaro SarahBrightmanTimeToSayGoodbye TheBeatlesLetitBe GustavHolstMars'BringerofWar'ThePlanetsSuite BryanFerrySlavetoLove JoaqunRodrigoConciertodeAranjuez KrazeTheParty(house) LittleDrummerBoy EdwardElgarNimrod(fromEnigmaVariations)

ScientificConceptsDiscussed
Alkanes AminoAcids Anesthesia TheBigBang BlackbodyRadiation Bohrmodel BrainStructuresandTheirFunctions Calciumoscillations Catalysts CentralDogma ChemicalBonding ChemicalBondsassprings Chemicalkinetics Chemicalreactions CherenkovRadiation CosmicBackgroundExplorer Drugclassification CondensedPhases Cosmicmicrowavebackgroundradiation Cranialnerves Definitionofterahertzradiation Diabetes DNAvs.Proteins

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Drugclassification CondensedPhases Cosmicmicrowavebackgroundradiation Cranialnerves Definitionofterahertzradiation Diabetes DNAvs.Proteins Drugdesign Drugsactingonproteins ElectromagneticSpectrum EMRadiationandbiology Endocrineaxis Entropy Epilepsy Controltheoryandfeedbackcontrolsystems FirstLawofThermodynamics Formationofelectromagneticwaves FormationofWaves FundamentalForces GammaRays GibbsFreeEnergy Gprotein Harmonicoscillator Homeostasis Hooke'sLaw HormoneActionandHormoneTypes HumanEvolution Hydrogenbonding Hydrophobicvs.Hydrophilic Inducedfit Infinity Infraredspectroscopy Insulinandtheinsulinreceptor Infraredradiation KryptonbindingtoProteins LobesoftheCerebralCortex LondonDispersionForces MaxwellBoltzmannDistribution Microwaves Modulatingproteinfunctionwithterahertzradiation TheMpembaeffect Na /K ATPase NeuromuscularJunction Newton'sFirstLaw Newton'sLawofGravitation Newton'sSecondLaw Newton'sThirdLaw NormalModesofproteinsbeingprimarilyintheterahertzspectrum Opticalresolution OzoneDepletion PackingDefectsinProteins PathologyofAlzheimer'sdisease Peptidebond PersonalityDisorders Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics PlanckLawandthebasicPlanckEquation Planetarymotions Polarvs.nonpolar Polarizability Portalvenoussystems Proteinsastransmitters ProteinCrystallography Proteinfolding Proteinnormalmodes Proteinsecondarystructure Proteintranslation Proteinsasflexiblemolecules Proteinsasreceivers Proteinscommunicating Radiowaves RadioactiveDecay Reactionenergyprofiles Receptoractivation Resonantfrequencies SecondLawofThermodynamics Selectionrules

Radiowaves RadioactiveDecay Reactionenergyprofiles Receptoractivation Resonantfrequencies SecondLawofThermodynamics Selectionrules Serotonin Signaltransduction SpecificandGeneralForceLaws Spectroscopy DNAstructure TerahertzGap Terahertzbasedforces Terahertzfor[[mindreading]|mindreading] Terahertzformedicine Thermodynamics Transitionstatesinkinetics Trigonometry Forces Typesofproteins TypesofWaves UsingterahertzradiationforAlzheimer'sdisease UsingterahertzradiationforDiagnosis UVRadiation vanderWaalsForces TheVestibulocochlearnerve Visiblelight PropertiesofWater WaterandLife BasicWaveEquation Xrays

References
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Bookinformation
WavesbyOganGurel EBook(2009,Firstedition)AvailableontheAmazonKindle

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Externallinks
eBooksiteincludingreaderreviews ScribddiscussiongroupforWaves FacebookdiscussiongroupforWaves

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