10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRATERRENE»
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contraterrene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contraterrene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
112/1: Contraterrene means just that—a type of matter exactly the opposite of
ordinary or terrene matter. Instead of atoms composed of a positive nucleus
surrounded by electrons, it consists of a negative nucleus surrounded by
positrons.
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Robert A. Heinlein, Vol 1: In Dialogue with His Century: ...
Heinlein was not sure enough of his background in physics—contraterrene, or “
anti,” matter had been possible in theory since Paul Dirac predicted the positive
electron in 1929 but Heinlein wanted to think about it before agreeing on the ...
William H. Patterson, Jr., 2010
One of some more improbable theories is that of Kahn [357] of a contraterrene
meteorite impact. Contraterrene matter would explode violently when brought in
contact with ordinary matter. However, there is no evidence for the existence of ...
Helmut Erich Landsberg, Jacques van Mieghem, 1965
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“Contraterrene matter,” snapped the young captain. “We emerged too near a
mass of seetee. Look!” Against the glittering stars a rugged mass of dully
gleaming matter showed limned with starlight. It seemed near, too near, and
came closer as ...
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The Perfect Host: Volume V: The Complete Stories of Theodore ...
... contraterrene,' said Falu. “Hawton grunted in surprise. 'I thought that was
simply an 154 THE PERFECT HOST.
Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Williams, 2013
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Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria
CONTRATERRENE " METEORITE IMPACT THEORY. The production of atom
bomb explosions in recent years, and the formation or fused silica debris as a
result of these explosions, has resulted in the suggestion that a study of the fused
...
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Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
In the terms of this theory, theoretically conceivable “contraterrene” meteoritic
impact could only be “detected " from explosions caused by sudden annihilation
of “ contraterrene” matter (whether as comet or meteorite) when it comes into ...
The enormity of these terrene masses, coupled with the failure of exhaustive
search to recover any fragment whatever of this fall, is held to support the
hypothesis that the Podkamennaya Tunguska meteorite was contraterrene in
nature.
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Selected papers on cosmic ray origin theories
The conjecture that the comets are contraterrene bodies,1 which accounts, if only
in a rough qualitative way, for some of the more conspicuous features of comets,
can be properly tested as follows: (a) by investigating its usefulness in detailed ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRATERRENE»
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contraterrene is used in the context of the following news items.
The first science fiction story featuring antimatter
In it, engineer Jim Drake struggles to exploit the energy of contraterrene asteroids by finding a way to manipulate them without touching them, ... «Symmetry magazine, Oct 08»
William S. Higgins: Antimatter's science fiction debut
In 1935, he coined a new term for the hypothetical mirror image of ordinary, or “terrene,” matter: “contraterrene matter.” He noted that “the ... «Symmetry magazine, Sep 08»
Planetary science: Tunguska at 100
... and comets might be made of antimatter — 'contraterrene' matter in the terms of the time — and that their odd behaviour might be detectable. «Nature.com, Jun 08»
