Transuranic

By: Edmond Hamilton

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Synopsis: It was Andersen&’s odd talk that marked the beginning of it for us. Of course, that wasn&’t the real beginning. I suppose you might say it really started when Becquerel first puzzled over his fogged photographic plates. But to us, Andersen&’s premonitions were the start. We called him the &“Melancholy Dane.&” But that was just a joke, though his tall, cadaverous appearance fitted it. He wasn&’t really a gloomy sort, and was a firstclass nuclear chemist. That was why he surprised us with what he said at dinner that night. &“I have a feeling that what we are doing here is against the cosmic scheme,&” he said in his slow English.