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John W. Campbell, Jr.

First published December 1980
Type Essay
Series Editorial (Astounding)

The author discusses how technology which is too advanced would be useless to a society not developed enough to understand the basic and applied science involved; he gives a detailed example of how a supersonic ramjet aircraft of the late 1940s, if it were to be found by engineers of the 1920s, would be completely incomprehensible in every function, large or small.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1980 Cover The Analog Anthology #1 Davis Publications Anthology 184
1981 Cover Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology The Dial Press Anthology 184
1982 Cover Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog Davis Publications Anthology 184