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parlor, Todd s eyes were sparkling.
That s the Blackett effect, he said. You cut down the gravitational field
of every atom in that table. Sheer centrifugal force from the Earth s rotation
put the table aloft, and Coriolis forces from the same source made it crawl
along the ceiling. A beautiful demonstration of something that s been only
speculation up to now.
Atoms? Then the whirling things
Are electrons, of course. I think we won t need to use a bit of this
equipment to give you full conscious control of PK at least. All we need to do
is implant full conscious understanding of the physical process in your
cortex, and the last connection will be opened. To start with, I suppose you
know what centrifugal force is. How about Coriolis force?
That s like centrifugal, except that it makes an object in revolution crawl
sidewise instead of outward.
Just so. The force that made water splash in Mr. Newton s whirling bucket.
Now then He pulled an envelope from his jacket pocket, scribbled rapidly on
it, and shoved the result under Danny s nose. Here, look at this.
The paper said: G= (2CP/BU )2. Danny looked at it.
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I don t feel any different, he confessed.
Do you know what magnetic moment is?
Danny tried to bring back his college physics. Let s see it s, uh, the
product of the strength of a magnetic charge and the distance between the
poles?
Right. You have a mind like a steel trap, Danny; you ve been wasting your
substance in journalism. Now look back at the equation. Magnetic moment is
whatP stands for.U stands for angular momentum,C is the universal
gravitational constant, andC is the invariant velocity of light. What I m out
to show you is that a magnetic field is a product of rotation on an axis, and
that gravity is a function of it. Now if you ll remember that every electron
is a tiny electromagnet, and figure inB as an uncertainty correction amounting
to about zero point twenty-five
Danny strained to put the factors together, with a mind long unaccustomed to
the kind of rigorously orderly handling of symbols required even by simple
algebra. Todd watched him with narrowed, eager eyes.
Pop.
Suddenly, just like that, he saw it. The figures, really, didn t matter. It
was the relationship that counted. He blinked inadvertently with astonishment.
Todd s answering smile was almost predatory. Move something, the scientist
suggested.
The cake of soap, which had been leading a remarkably adventurous life during
the past three hours, shot off the window sill across the room in a flat
trajectory, smashed against the opposite wall and dropped into the innards of
the resonator. Part of it remained sticking to the wallpaper.
Todd went over and fished the free piece out of the apparatus on the bed.
Take it easy, he said, chuckling. You ll gain control with practice. In the
meantime, use a little less power than you think is necessary. You had the
gain cranked up enough that time to throw a lead pig.
What I still don t understand, Danny said, is where the juice comes from.
Just understanding the process can t be enough it takes an actual expenditure
of energy to move a cake of soap, whether you use psychokinesis or just pick
it up by hand and give it the old-fashioned heave ho.
You re expending energy, Danny, Todd said calmly. And plenty of it. PK
appears to be one of the highest forms of activity of the human brain, and
you ll find it extremely tiring if you keep at it for long stretches. The
electrons you affect first are your own, in the cells of your own brain. You
project the resulting field onto the object you want to move, since obviously
you don t want to teleport the insides of your skull. Result: levitation.
Then you should be able to do it, Dr. Todd.
I ve been trying for the past two hours, Todd said, with calm regret. I
can t summon up the initial sensation, the movement of electrons inside my own
head. Nothing happens, that s all; I m afraid I haven t the talent.
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