Stan
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Laurence E. Dahners:
There is an error in "A Tower in Space-time". I've tried to download it twice. The downloaded cover is correct, but the rest of the book contains "Halting the Reaper". Please fix this! Also, could you speculate on what would happen if billiard / pool balls were made of Stade, assuming they are the same density / weight as "regular" billiard / pool balls?
Laurence E. Dahners
Stan,
I'm very sorry about this. I've asked Amazon to fix it. Unfortunately their policy is that every time you download a book you get the same one. This is because they don't want you to lose any notes or highlights you might have added. To get the correct version you must go to "Manage my content' and "update" the book.
If you can't get this to work, email me directly at ldahners@gmail.com and I have another solution.
Also, I'm afraid that a Stade billiard ball wouldn't work very well. When one ball strikes another in regular pool, they deform and bounce back, essentially "bouncing" apart. Since Stade won't deform, it won't bounce. If only the cue ball was Stade you would get some bounce out of the other ball, but if both balls were Stade, they would strike, then both roll together along a new trajectory. A very bizarre sight I would imagine.
Laury
Again, my apologies.
I'm very sorry about this. I've asked Amazon to fix it. Unfortunately their policy is that every time you download a book you get the same one. This is because they don't want you to lose any notes or highlights you might have added. To get the correct version you must go to "Manage my content' and "update" the book.
If you can't get this to work, email me directly at ldahners@gmail.com and I have another solution.
Also, I'm afraid that a Stade billiard ball wouldn't work very well. When one ball strikes another in regular pool, they deform and bounce back, essentially "bouncing" apart. Since Stade won't deform, it won't bounce. If only the cue ball was Stade you would get some bounce out of the other ball, but if both balls were Stade, they would strike, then both roll together along a new trajectory. A very bizarre sight I would imagine.
Laury
Again, my apologies.
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