Black Gondolier And Other Stories (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
BAUER AND THE ATOMS DR. JACOBSON BEAMED at him through the thick glasses. “I’m happy to tell you there is no sign whatever of cancer.” Mr. Bauer nodded thoughtfully. “Then I won’t need any of those radium treatments?” “Absolutely not.” Dr. Jacobson removed his glasses, wiped them with a bit of rice paper, then mopped his forehead with a handkerchief. Mr. Bauer lingered. He looked at the X-ray machine bolted down by the window. It still looked as solid and mysterious as when he had first glimpsed a corner of it from Myna’s bedroom. He hadn’t gotten any farther. Dr. Jacobson replaced his glasses. “It’s funny, you know, but I’ve been thinking . . .” Mr. Bauer plunged. “Yes?” “I guess all this atomic stuff got me started, but I’ve been thinking about all the energy that’s in the atoms of my body. When you start to figure it out on paper—well, two hundred million electron volts, they say, from just splitting one atom, and that’s only a tiny part of it.”
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