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History concerns a Martian scholar named Ullen who is researching Earth's history. A former student named John Brewster tells him that he has just joined Earth's Home Defense in response to the outbreak of war between Earth and Venus. The Martians, being few in number, no longer fight wars, and Ullen finds the whole concept puzzling.
"One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off. It's wrong to make promises you don't mean to keep." [11] [12] [13] (Here the "gun" refers to a monologue that Chekhov deemed superfluous and unrelated to the rest of the play.) "Remove everything that has no relevance to the story.
"The Weapon" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. Written in September 1938 when Asimov was 18, it was first published in the May 1942 issue of Super Science Stories under a pseudonym , H.B. Ogden.
Throughout history two-handed swords have generally been less common than their one-handed counterparts, one exception being their common use in Japan. Two-handed grips have two advantages: obviously they allow the strength of two hands to be used, not just one, but by spacing the hands apart they also allow a torque to be applied, rotating the ...
In Greek mythology, the bident is a weapon associated with Hades , the ruler of the underworld. Likewise, the three-pronged trident is the implement of his brother Poseidon ( Neptune ), god of the seas and earthquakes , while the lightning bolt, which superficially appears to have a single main point or prong, is a symbol of their youngest ...
Doloire "épaule de mouton" (adze "shoulder of mutton"). The doloire or wagoner's axe was a tool and weapon used during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.The axe had a wooden shaft measuring approximately 1.5 metres (5 feet) in length and a head that was pointed at the top and rounded at the bottom, resembling either a teardrop or an isosceles triangle.
More than a year before Roosevelt authorized the Manhattan Project, Heinlein correctly foresaw that: a) The President of the US would initiate a secret project to develop nuclear weapons and employ scientist refugees from Nazi Europe; b) By 1945, the US would have a weapon able to destroy an entire city in one blow from a single airplane—and ...
Far as Human Eye Could See: Essays on Science (published 1987) is a collection of science essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov, short works which originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF), these being first published between November 1984 and March 1986.