"Robert A. Heinlein - Waldo" - читать интересную книгу автора (Heinlein Robert A)

Grimes answered mildly. тАШPoint is, son, they arenтАЩt
looking in the right place. Do you know what the
high-jump record was last year?тАЩ
тАШI never listen to the sports news.тАЩ
тАШMight try it sometime. The record levelled off at
seven foot two, тАШbout twenty years back. Been
dropping ever since. You might try graphing
athletic records against radiation in the air - artificial
radiation. Might find some results that would surprise you.тАЩ
тАШShucks, everybody knows there has been a swing away
from heavy sports. The sweat-and-muscles fad died out,
thatтАЩs all. WeтАЩve simply advanced into a more intellectual
culture.тАЩ
тАШIntellectual, hogwash! People quit playing tennis and
such because they are tired all the time. Look at you.
YouтАЩre a mess.тАЩ
тАШDonтАЩt needle me, Doc.тАЩ
тАШSorry. But there has been a clear deterioration in the
performance of the human animal. If we had decent
records on such things I could prove it, but any
physician whoтАЩs worth his salt can see it, if heтАЩs
got eyes in him and isnтАЩt wedded to a lot of fancy
instruments. I canтАЩt prove what causes it, not yet,
but IтАЩve a damned good hunch that itтАЩs caused by
the stuff you peddle.тАЩ
тАШImpossible. There isnтАЩt a radiation put on the air
that hasnтАЩt been tested very carefully in the bio labs.
WeтАЩre neither fools nor knaves.
тАШMaybe you donтАЩt test тАШem long enough. IтАЩm not
talking about a few hours, or a few weeks; IтАЩm
talking about the cumulative effects of years of
radiant frequencies pouring through the tissues.
What does that do?тАЩ
тАШWhy, nothing-I believe.тАЩ
тАШYou believe, but you donтАЩt know. Nobody has
ever tried to find out. FтАЩrinstance - what effect
does sunlight have on silicate glass? Ordinarily
you would say тАЬnoneтАЭ, but youтАЩve seen desert
glass?тАЩ
тАШThat bluish-lavender stuff? Of course.тАЩ
тАШYes. A bottle turns coloured in a few months in
the Mojave Desert. But have you ever seen the
windowpanes in the old houses on Beacon Hill?тАЩ
тАШIтАЩve never been on Beacon Hill.тАЩ
тАШOK, then IтАЩll tell you. Same phenomena, only it
takes a century more, in Boston. Now tell me, you
savvy physics - could you measure the change
taking place in those Beacon Hill windows?тАЩ
тАШMm-rn-in - probably not.тАЩ
тАШBut itтАЩs going on just the same. Has anyone ever