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

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Michael Swanwick's Periodic Table of Science Fiction 64 Gd Gadolinium 157.25 Tattoos The trouble with tattoos is that people can see them. All the time. Whether you want them to or not. Let's face it?America in the twenty-first century is in the grips of an extremely primitive culture. People are judged by inessentials. Sometimes you're forced to choose between a position as financial advisor to the World Bank and getting really cool Maori blackwork tattooed across your face. This is a choice no civilized person should have to make. Now you don't. Utilizing a technique employed by oncologists in the early parts of the century, fluorescent gadolinium is injected into the tissues, and then moved into place (gadolinium is naturally magnetic) by hand-held MRI wands. It's an easy and inexpensive operation, which hurts no more than getting vaccinated does. If you grow tired of a design, the tattoo artist can shift the dye into another configuration. The colors are bright, and tunable across the spectrum. Best of all, the resulting tattoo is invisible! Until, that is, you bathe it