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| Neutronic Shielding | ||
| Very high density monomolecular shielding |
What if you needed to move radioactive materials in an ordinary briefcase, in such a way that the materials are completely shielded?
| "suppose a special shield had been used, a very special shield, say, maybe just a monomolecular layer of neutrons packed in tight like a mosaic ... An invisible skin built right into the wall of a briefcase, completely impermeable to any radiation..." |
| Technovelgy from The Sign of the Tiger,
by Alan Nourse (w/Meyer). Published by Amazing Science Fiction Stories in 1958 Additional resources -
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'If the biological robots were not living creatures, they were certainly very good imitations.'
"Everybody and his dog, it seemed, wanted to live out in the country; transportation and communication were no longer isolating factors."
'... the new typewriter that could be talked to, and which transposed the spoken sound into typed words.'
'... underneath they consisted of networks of cooling tubes against the skin.'
'My cars talk to one another. I have no doubt about it...'
'... the imprint of her image on the telephoto cell.'
