Re: grav everywhere

That was the story.  I couldn't remember who wrote it or what the name
was.
Regardless I find it a fascinating example of what "could" happen if
gravity was cancelled entirely.  Asimov was one of the greatest "hard"
sci-fi writers out there, and this story is a wonderful example of how
we
don't KNOW what something so commonly talked about would actually mean.

Bill

									
				       
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bbrush@unlnotes.unl.edu wrote:

> Gravity being the least understood of the cosmic forces the
possibilities
> are truly mind boggling.  One sci-fi story written about someone who
> creates anti-gravity	postulates that in an area where gravity was not
in
> effect then neither would Eistein's relativity be in effect and
therefore
> objects could attain a velocity of C instantly.  It would effectively
mean
> that true anti-gravity would give limitless energy.

I believe this was an Asimov story and it was just a plot device for the
story, the real story being a rivalry between two people, one the
theoritician and the other the engineering applicator. It ends with a
pools ball going through the anti-gravity field, excellerating to C and
putting a whole in the engineer's head.

Jaime