"Larry Niven - The Hole Man" - читать интересную книгу автора (Niven Larry)

УAnd I can cut the machine open, see whatТs inside. How they controlled it. Damn it, I wish I were six years old.Ф
УWhat? Why?Ф
УWell. . . I donТt have the times straightened out. The math is chancy. Either a few years from now, or a few centuries, thereТs going to be a black hole between Earth and Jupiter. ItТll be big enough to study. I think about forty years.Ф
When I realized what he was implying, I didnТt know whether to laugh or scream. УLear, you canТt think that something that small could absorb Mars!Ф
УWell, remember that it absorbs everything it comes near. A nucleus here, an electron there . . . and itТs not just waiting for atoms to fall into it. Its gravity is ferocious, and itТs falling back and forth through the center of the planet, sweeping up matter. The more it eats, the bigger it gets, with its volume going up as the cube of the mass. Sooner or later, yes, itТll absorb Mars. By then itТll be just less than a millimeter acrossЧbig enough to see.Ф
УCould it happen within thirteen months?Ф
УBefore we leave? Hmm.Ф LearТs eyes took on a faraway look. УI donТt think so. IТll have to work it out. The math is chancy . .