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Chapter 14

           Whatstatutewasviolated,ifany,inturningamanexactlyninetydegreesfromeverythingelse?

           Notmurder,notaslongastheladuseditonlyinself-defenseorintheproperdefenseofanother,suchasJill.PossiblythesupposedlyobsoletePennsylvanialawsagainstwitchcraftwouldapply?butitwouldbeinterestingtoseehowaprosecutorwouldmanagetowordanindictment.

           AcivilactionmightliecouldharboringtheManfromMarsbeconstruedas"maintaininganattractivenuisance?"Possibly.Butitwasmorelikelythatradicallynewrulesoflawmustevolve.Mikehadalreadykickedthebottomoutofbothmedicineandphysics,eventhoughthepractitionersofsuchwerestillinnocentlyunawareofthechaosfacingthem.Harshawdugfarbackintohismemoryandrecalledthepersonaltragedythatrelativisticmechanicshadprovedtobeformanydistinguishedscientists.Unabletodigestitthroughlonghabitofmind,theyhadtakenrefugeinblindangeratEinsteinhimselfandanywhodaredtotakehimseriously.Buttheirrefugehadbeenadeadend;allthatinflexibleoldguardcoulddowastodieandletyoungerminds,stilllimber,takeover.

           Harshawrecalledthathisgrandfatherhadtoldhimofmuchthesamethinghappeninginthefieldofmedicinewhenthegermtheorycamealong;manyolderphysicianshadgonetotheirgravescallingPasteuraliar,afool,orworseandwithoutexaminingevidencewhichtheir"commonsense"toldthemwasimpossible.

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