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…thing, it ironically comes from cosmic rays in outer space, the perfect setting for a science fiction story. It is difficult to understand where cosmic rays come from, for they are appearing from many directions, but they were probably thrown into space…

…Ezra Pound whom Brandt photographed. In appreciation, pound introduced Brandt to Man Ray. Brandt worked as Man Ray's assistant in Paris for several months in 1930. Here he witnessed the height of surrealist film and grasped the new poetic possibilities…

…, and that beyond both ends there are other rays, which are invisible. The first discovery of this sort was made by the English astronomer Sir William Herschel, already famous as the discoverer of Uranus. In 1800, just as Newton had done, he put a prism in front…

…and his grandfather.1 The period of quiescence in Becquerel’s research career came to an end in 1895 with the announcement of Rontgen’s discovery of X-rays. The aspect of the discovery that caught Becquerel’s attention was that X-rays appeared…

…of the technologist's understanding of the procedure, as she was required to explain it to the distraught parents in great detail. Next I got to see a standing PA and lateral chest and also a leg x-ray. First I watched the technologist load the film into the machine…

…Eratosthenes Eratosthenes was born in Cyrene. There he read about a vertical well near Syene. At noon once a year, the well was totally lit up by the sun's rays. He measured the angle of it's shadow by placing a post on the shadow at that time and date…

…found out it was her old friend and boyfriend Ray. There was a weird silence after Julie’s mom left them but soon they started talking and she told him about the note she had received and talking to Helen and Barry. Then she had also told him about the guy…

…is an electromagnetic wave you can see. Life wouldn't exist without visible light. It's essential for photosynthesis. Ultraviolet Rays are electromagnetic waves with frequencies just higher than visible light. Ultraviolet lamps are used to kill germs in hospitals…

…is composed of three different types of rays: infrared rays, visible rays, and ultraviolet (UV) rays. Infrared rays are what are felt as heat. Visible rays are what are seen. Ultraviolet, or invisible rays are the part of sunlight that is damaging to your skin…

…omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence is a totality symbol par excellence, something round, complete, and perfect." One can substitute the "ability to fantasize" for the word "projection"; Ray Bradbury [3] himself has said that "the ability to 'fantasize…