《Periodic Table Gold 》作者：- Michael Swanwick 【EPUB】

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Michael Swanwicks Periodic Table of Science Fiction 79 Au Gold 196.9665Crown of Beauty Is there anything so beautiful as a woman wearing gold The delicate hues of her skincontrasting with the boldness of the metal that is synonymous with wealth Its as classic acombination as peanut butter and chocolate. It makes a matron handsome and draws our mind toher wisdom and experience. It renders a young woman sylphlike and moves our thoughts to placesthat make us blush. Yet there are disadvantages to gold jewelry. It can be stolen. It can be lost. Its soft andthus even during those passionate moments when a woman least desires distraction must betended to. Worst of all it is not Milady herself but an accessory to her perfection. Which isto say that whatever admiration it may draw does not belong entirely to her alone. Thats where genetic engineering comes in. Our new Natural Gold process lightly tweaks a womans natural bioprocesses to allow her toingest molecular gold and then plate it out on the surface of each hair. Because of goldsnatural ductility the hair can then be plaited braided cut or styled as easily as ordinarynon-precious hair can. A few milligrams of gold a year suffice to keep a full head of hairlustrous and bright. It never tarnishes. It always keeps its shape. Natural Gold has been product-tested on thousands of volunteers in Paris Nairobi Hong KongMoscow and Rio de Janeiroplaces synonymous with romance and beautiful women It has provenitself