Feb
09
2010
FICTIONS: The Day of the Carrot
Simon Petrie
It had been known since the early 1950s that high levels of radiation could induce gigantism in certain species. But since most of the early cases had involved arthropods and poisonous lizards of, it has to be said, a rather aggressive disposition, the commercial implications of this line of research were not as obvious as they might otherwise have been.
“Nuclear Physics for Market Gardeners,” p. 126, by Hank Bremsstrahlung
