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    Solid Solution
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    Solid Solution

    By James Stamers

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    Brilliant? A genius? David Adam Smith had the brains of fifty men—very literally!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJovian Press
    Release dateNov 7, 2016
    ISBN9781537806877
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      Solid Solution - James Stamers

      SOLID SOLUTION

      ..................

      James Stamers

      JOVIAN PRESS

      Thank you for reading. If you enjoy this book, please leave a review or connect with the author.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by James Stamers

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      SOLID SOLUTION

      SOLID SOLUTION

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      THREE STUDENTS WERE EXPELLED FOR bringing the bubble dancer into the Desert Institute, Lee White, Burns Gilbert and John Thay. The Director did not like any of them. He liked me, Morris. I was his stooge, his squirming straight man. I was useful for his jokes.

      We know calculus is a method of measuring uncircular curves, such as beer barrels ... but I fear Morris has allowed that thought to absorb him, hig, hig, hig, hig.

      That was one of Professor David Adam Smith’s favorites. Or:

      If you will visit me this afternoon, Morris, I will give you personal tuition in astrophysics ... beginning with the more complicated parts of the alphabet, hig, hig, hig.

      But he owned the Desert Institute. He was the only living authority on geology, terrestrial or extraplanetary, and there was a waiting list of students....

      On their last afternoon, I was sent with the disgraced three on a specimen-collecting tour of the desert. It was my routine job but a real disgrace to them. I often thought

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