Tom never invents transparent metal, but Tomasite--which can stop just about anything including bullets and missiles--can be formulated as transparent: it's...
... Charlie, what's the key to why certain materials stop neutrons? Is it atomic weight and density? For example, would a thin sheet of lead, supercompressed...
... I checked with my friend on this. The question made me wonder what it means to "stop" neutrons. Shielding is not like building a wall. For gamma rays the...
Ed, I don't mean to step on your toes, but I'd like to ask the group this: How would you guys like to talk about one of the newer Tom Swift books this month,...
... Is it ... what it ... wall. For ... as the ... Is this where the alternate universe theory comes in, I mean the universe of silicon based life. What would...
Charlie, I learn a lot from you--thanks, professor. So if plastic is a good neutron shield, the notion of Tomasite isn't so bad in that regard--IF they figure...
... Trevor, I'd enjoy making that a subject of our group discussion, as I just read it--made some coments on it a while back. No need to ask "permission"--we...
... the ... (http://www.lulu.com/content/5266903) Here is the reply from Lulu concerning my order of Jon's ""Extrasolar Planet." Ticket ID: LTK152017207156X ...
This is weird - I haven't touched the book at all since I made it available. Who hasn't gotten their copy yet? I'll check into this and see what is going on......
I received my copy last week. No problems here. <G> other than getting the book to Jon for the autograph. Hey, Jon, you think that maybe the company would look...
For the record, it looks like Lulu corrupted the project. I find this very bizarre because I have a copy of this book on my shelf, and I haven't made any...
Now that would be cool! Someone should suggest it to them. If I was a customer I'd definitely go for it. What we used to do for the Starman Series is offer to...
... wellllll. 8)>> I disrecall both story title and authour, however i read, in the late 50s(?) a tale of invention of timetravel, journey forward, pinch knife...
... Perhaps movie goers... 8)>> A good two decades previously, i read a Sci Fi tale, of the invention of time travel. Authour and title forgotten. Expedition...
I believe Isaac Asimov wrote that particular story. I don't remember the title, though. --Jon Cooper davep@... wrote: I disrecall both story title and...
Some place, in my collection or technical RRiana, i have an AAR report on a nuke lok project. Summary: doable, too risky. (The Idaho Nationla (nuclear)...
... I ... I was just asking that, since recently on some of the other groups that I'm on about Tom Swift and the Hardy Boys, it seems that unless you want to...
... I've also noticed just how similar the force field in "Quantum Force" is to the shield and force fields in Star Trek. In Star Trek The Animated Series...
... unless ... is ... want ... Tom Swift's and Hardy Boys from talking about those series. Yes. That's the Other group. We're the This group. We really do want...
... It seems to me--all you young engineers out there can correct me--that the Disco Duckish, Farrah Fawcett look was way dead by the 90's. I remember spiked...
... story is ... Force" ... Captain ... the ... Artistic License versus reality. When ever there was an explosion in space, the nearby ships had to "rock" from...
... that ... different ... look ... Well, I must say that Rob looks better on "Death Quake" than he does on "Quantum Force". But, as for the rest of the...
I do like, very much, the fact that Tom-IV's field isn't just a "shield" in the Star Trek manner (as are nearly all such things in SciFi). As mentioned, it...
Herring's art on all three Tom Swift covers is stunning, possibly my favorite of the art we have. I'll try to post good pictures in a week or so. ... They ... ...
Tried google a,d Wikipedia. No FIRM answer.Heard TASER weapon was named after Tom Swift(Tom A.Swift Electric Rifle) Is this so??? And did ANY TOM SWIFT SR OR...
... Copying from the TASER International web site <http://www.taser.com/COMPANY/Pages/trivia.aspx ... "The name stems from an acronym created by the original...
yes would you like to see the movie i shot of the president of tasar discussing it? I can hunt the link up... In a message dated 2/6/2009 8:11:55 P.M. US...
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