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Introduction:
It was setting up to be an ordinary, boring day
at the office. Gee, you think, there is not much call for private
investigators with a degree in chemistry. Maybe I should go to work
for an R&D department somewhere. Suddenly, the phone rang. It was
Mr. F. S. Class, president and CEO of the firm WeInvest. The firm
helped struggling inventors patent, manufacture and distribute new
inventions.
“We have a job for you,” he said. “We have been
approached by the famous inventor Dr. Eisenstein. He claims to have
invented x-ray glasses.”
“X-ray glasses,” you reply. “Didn’t they used
to advertise those on the backs of comic books?” “I know, I know,
but if these pan out just think of the possibilities: No more
waiting in the hospital for an x-ray. The doctor would just put on
the glasses and tell you right away if your arm was broken or just
sprained. Concealed weapons or smuggled drugs would be easy to spot
at airports. This could make us a fortune!”
“Or lose you a fortune. Have you forgotten the
time you invested in the Perpetual Motion Machine?”
“I still think that should have worked.”
You roll your eyes at that. “F.S.”, you
thought, must stand for “Failed Science.”
“Anyway,” he continued, “that’s why we need
you. You can tell us if these are viable before we put any money
into them.”
“All right”, you say. “Set up a meeting with
Dr. Eisenstein. I want to ask him some questions.”
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