The series is named after a real challenge in celestial mechanics:
The series follows the consequences of a secret military project in China that sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. The three-body problem.rar
An alien race living on a planet with three suns. Because the gravitational interaction of three suns is mathematically unpredictable (the "three-body problem"), their world suffers from extreme "Chaotic Eras" that periodically destroy their civilization. The series is named after a real challenge