The first thing I thought of was Ichika and Infinite Stratos. Glad to see their are still cultured nuffians left.
Electron degenerate matter which is really cool but I'm ashamed I learned it from a crack fic. Seriously fuck crack fics!
What kind of novel did you read that involved legitimate high-level physics? Or was it just a random fact in the novel.
It was more of an exception in fanfic Taylor Varga, if you want a summary read the top comment https://www.reddit.com/r/WormFanfic/comments/axwkur/what_does_everyone_think_of_taylor_varga/ If you still want to read it, let me know so we can hate it together