[CT] Question about Heinlein

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:30:02 -0700

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There's a line in Pandora's Box, in Expanded Universe, that makes the
point that "the age of Science has not yet opened" -- that's a
paraphrase from memory, but I think pretty close.

Was that line, and Heinlein's commentary about the fourth curve, in
the first version of this work, published in the 1950s? I'm
particularly interested because Gordon Moore, who formulated Moore's
Law (a fairly technical prediction about chip density) generally gets
credited with making this broad point about the way in which
technology accelerates -- and I suspect Heinlein (and possibly others,
but at least Heinlein) said so before Moore did, and much more
clearly.

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<div class=3DSection1><pre>There's a line in Pandora's Box, in Expanded =
Universe, that makes the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>point that &quot;the age of Science has not =
yet opened&quot; -- that's a<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>paraphrase from memory, but I think pretty =
close.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Courier New">Was that line, and Heinlein's commentary =
about the fourth curve, in<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the first version of =
this work, published in the 1950s? I'm<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>particularly interested because Gordon =
Moore, who formulated =
<st1:City><st1:place>Moore</st1:place></st1:City>'s<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>=
Law (a fairly technical prediction about chip =
density) generally gets<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>credited with making this broad point about =
the way in which<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>technology accelerates -- and I suspect =
Heinlein (and possibly others,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>but at least Heinlein) said so before =
<st1:City><st1:place>Moore</st1:place></st1:City> did, and much =
more<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>clearly.<o:p></o:p></pre></div>

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