Three novels of people solving physics problems very far from help.
A smuggler in the only city on the Moon takes a job that turns into sabotage; Weir after The Martian.
Mark Watney stranded on Mars grows potatoes in his own waste; Weir's self-published hit.
A science teacher wakes alone on a starship with amnesia and meets an alien engineer; Weir's best.
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