[She stares a bit blankly. Saying 'I wrote a book!' sounds rather like a 5 year old asking to be taken seriously by an adult when talking to an actual scientist.]

...I could give it a look, but I'm sure you're a ways ahead of me there if you have anything close to an understanding of that stuff.

[So she'll take his word on it?]

Regardless, any help is always appreciated, sir.