"Robert Grossbach - Of Scorned Women and Causal Loops" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grossbach Robert)

He didnтАЩt. тАЬFine.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll show you the Megatek room.тАЭ

тАЬOkay.тАЭ
 They emerged from the cantina, turned down the corridor. тАЬYou know,
Lagrange is a famous name in physics,тАЭ she said.

тАЬUnfortunately, yes,тАЭ he responded. тАЬSo my mother used to inform
me practi-cally every day. Even at one time claimed he was my ancestor,
although I doubt it. If he was, IтАЩm afraid IтАЩd have been a terrible
disappointment to him.тАЭ

тАЬYou were not a good student?тАЭ

тАЬI barely managed to eke out a masterтАЩs at Columbia.тАЭ

тАЬAh, so that explains your excellent English: You went to school in the
States.тАЭ

тАЬAs I said, my family had hopes. Fortunately, the experience
demonstrated quite clearly that IтАЩd never be any more than a third-rate
physicist, if that.тАЭ

They turned a corner. тАЬYou must not let othersтАЩ opinions of you
become your own,тАЭ she said with unusual intensity. тАЬI had to constantly fight
with Giorgio.тАЭ

тАЬHe considered you third-rate?тАЭ

No answer.

тАЬWas it because youтАЩre a woman?тАЭ

тАЬHe said . . .тАЭ She swallowed. Muscles worked high in her jaw. тАЬHe
said I was very good on the details, but that I didnтАЩt have the vision to be
truly insightful. He said he realized it sounded sexist, but that all the women
scientists heтАЩd known seemed to have the same restricted perspective.
тАШTunnel vision,тАЩ he called it, and then heтАЩd laugh, because ofтАФI donтАЩt know
тАФsome private double enten-dre. He said I was wonderful at poring over
data and attending to minute indi-vidual tasks and that I shouldnтАЩt beat
myself to death trying to be something I was not.тАЭ

тАЬAnd you didnтАЩt, I presume.тАЭ

тАЬNo.тАЭ

тАЬDid you beat him to death?тАЭ
 They came to a room marked тАЬMegatek,тАЭ and she paused at the door.
тАЬAm I being charged with a crime, Inspector? Is this an official Europol