Project Gutenberg 2023-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 132 Garrett, Randall 1927 1987 Garrett, Gordon Randall Garret, Randall Barretton, Grandall Mitchell, Clyde Burke, Ralph Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Gentlemen: please note $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Inc., $c1957. Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Gentlemen: please note" by Randall Garrett is a science fiction short story written in the late 1950s. The narrative centers around the historical figure of Isaac Newton and presents an alternate reality where his early work as a mathematician interacts with military research during a tumultuous period. The story juxtaposes Newton's revolutionary mathematical theories with the bureaucratic and sometimes nonsensical world of military ballistics, highlighting the clash between innovative thought and rigid institutional structures. In the story, Dr. Samuel Hackett reaches out to his friend Sir James Trowbridge to assist in locating lost letters from Newton that may illuminate his theoretical contributions that preceded even Einstein. Throughout a series of correspondences, we witness Newton's attempts to engage with military officials, offering calculations on cannon trajectories and expressing revolutionary ideas about physics that are met with disdain and confusion from military bureaucrats. The narrative explores themes of genius misunderstood, the nature of scientific inquiry, and the often absurd intersection of innovation and established authority, ultimately leading to Newton's recognition only after significant struggle and conflict. The story concludes with a poignant reflection on the interaction between faith and reason, suggesting that true understanding requires both rigorous inquiry and a recognition of the divine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20221202113839garrett 1957 US en Science fiction Short stories Epistolary fiction Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 66669 2025-04-28T04:55:12.579457 text/html 65730 2023-04-08T00:26:38 text/html 616633 2025-04-28T04:55:15.929439 application/epub+zip 615407 2025-04-28T04:55:13.872462 application/epub+zip 175982 2025-04-28T04:55:13.094460 application/epub+zip 993008 2025-04-28T04:55:17.549418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 984979 2025-04-28T04:55:15.435434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63454 2025-04-28T04:55:12.216445 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 63191 2023-04-08T00:26:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21305 2025-04-28T04:55:17.711412 application/rdf+xml 27667 2025-04-28T04:55:13.411477 image/jpeg 4294 2025-04-28T04:55:13.246453 image/jpeg 21949 2023-04-08T00:26:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 989479 2023-04-08T00:26:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 993372 2025-04-28T04:55:12.603463 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar en.wikipedia en.wikipedia