Конец вечности
Full Circle
ButaftertheFieldwasinvented,ittookthreecenturiestoworkoutitsimplicationsandattheendofthattimetherewasnoonewayinwhichMallansohn’sFieldcouldbeimprovedon.Thatcouldnotbecoincidence.Inahundredways,Mallansohn’sdesignshowedthathemusthaveusedtheLefebvreequations.IfheknewthemorbaddevelopedthemwithoutVerdeer’swork,whichisimpossible,whydidn’thesayso?"
Twissellsaid,"Youinsistontalkinglikeamathematician.Whotoldyouallthis?"
"I’vebeenviewingfilms."
"Nomore?"
"Andthinking."
"Withoutadvancedmathematicaltraining?I’vewatchedyoucloselyforyears,boy,andwouldnothaveguessedthatparticulartalentofyours.Goon."
"EternitycouldneverhavebeenestablishedwithoutMallansohn’sdiscoveryoftheTemporalField.Mallansohncouldneverhaveaccomplishedthiswithoutaknowledgeofmathematicsthatexistedonlyinhisfuture.That’snumberone.Meanwhile,hereinEternityatthismoment,thereisaCubwhowasselectedasanEternalagainstalltherules,sincehewasoverageandmarried,toboot.YouareeducatinghiminmathematicsandinPrimitivesociology.That’snumbertwo."
"Well?"
"IsaythatitisyourintentiontosendhimbackintoTimesomehow,backpastthedownwhenterminusofEternity,backtothe24th.ItisyourintentiontohavetheCub,Cooper,teachtheLefebvreequationstoMallansohn
