"Tom Maddox - Gravity's Angel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Maddox Tom)

turning, the question being posed, тАЬAre you as good as they say?тАЭ

We went to the terminal, and Carol ran the Monte Carlos as Dickie Boy sat
almost squirming with impatience to have a look at what she was doing. When she
got out of the chair, he almost leapt into it and said, тАЬYou two go somewhere else,
okay? The other roomтАЩs all right; just leave me alone.тАЭ

тАЬI need to do some work at the office,тАЭ I told Carol. тАЬWhat about you?тАЭ

тАЬYeah,тАЭ she said. тАЬI should check my mail at the lab, see whoтАЩs angry that
IтАЩm gone. You got another terminal with a modem?тАЭ

тАЬIn the bedroom,тАЭ I said. тАЬIтАЩll see you two later.тАЭ

****

At HBET I found a line of people waiting for me to talk about or approve their
experimental arrangements, and so I spent the afternoon there, amid the chaos of
getting the SSC ready for its first full-energy runs, scheduled for just a month away.

Carol and Dickie Boy were seated next to one another when I returned, with
another variation on her Monte Carlos on the screen in front of them. тАЬWhatтАЩs up?тАЭ
I said, and Dickie Boy said, тАЬThis is fantastic.тАЭ Carol was smiling.

тАЬThink we can take it to Thursday Group?тАЭ I asked.

тАЬTough audience,тАЭ Dickie Boy said.

тАЬIs it the one that counts?тАЭ Carol asked.

тАЬYes, it is,тАЭ I said. тАЬIf we can convince them, theyтАЩll go up against Diehl or
anyone else.тАЭ

тАЬLetтАЩs do it, then,тАЭ she said.

тАЬCan you do a presentation?тАЭ I asked. тАЬGood talk, good pictures?тАЭ

тАЬYes,тАЭ she said. тАЬIтАЩve been getting ready to do it.тАЭ

тАЬFine,тАЭ I said. тАЬIтАЩll call Allenson and ask if I can take over the agenda. I donтАЩt
think anyoneтАЩs got anything hot working.тАЭ

****

Bad haircuts, cheap clothes, and an attitudeтАФthatтАЩs the way I once heard a gathering
of theoretical physicists described. TheyтАФweтАФconsider ourselves aristocrats of the
mind, working in the deepest and most challenging science there is. Getting there
first with good ideas, thatтАЩs the only thing that countsтАФ under all circumstances, that
was the unspoken credo.