Indefatigable Frog, the (1953) [Short Story]
by Philip K. Dick
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Zeno's paradox: if a frog jumps halfway to the top of a well, and then half that distance, and then half that distance, it will never reach the top.
Professor Hardy and Professor Grote disagree on the viability of Zeno's paradox. Professor Grote believes that the frog will reach the top of the well. Professor Hardy, being apparantly ignorant of the idea of the sum of an infinite series, firmly believes that it will not. Who is right? An experiment must be designed to prove the results once and for all, but Professor Hardy has other ideas in mind.
Published in Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953. Reprinted in:
Original title: The Indefatigable Frog
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF, the (1994) [Anthology]
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