Constellation 06

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[Arthur is pacing on the Plane, dressed in a much nicer suit than usual. He seems to be muttering something to himself, and pauses a moment to look down at his tie, frowning he undoes it completely, then slowly begins to retie it.]   -terms space and time have not only a vague descriptive reference to a boundless void and an ever-rolling stream, but denot the exact quantitative system of reckoning distances and time-intervals...[He finishes and seems satisfied for a moment, then just sighs and begins all over again]

Comments

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

[Have a puzzled looking Juni!] Uh...

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

Yes?

[swanseer.livejournal.com]

...I'm sorry, I'm just a little confused as to what it means.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[Handy has amazing powers of deduction (thank you, Donna!), and you are all dressed up and pacing and saying sciencey things in a rehearsed sort of way.]

Big speech?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

It's the Romanes Lecture, so yes. Rather big speech.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Bit exciting though, too. Nerve wracking, but exciting, yeah?

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

{House doesn't like giving speeches, at all. So he will give the very helpful, encouraging comment,}

Giving speeches is for sissies. Get an assistant to do it for you.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

I don't have an assistant. Even if I did, they weren't the ones elected to give this speech. It'd be rather rude of me.

[house-1-god-0.livejournal.com]

No lackeys?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Punch them and they'll give you the grant money.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[He actually has to pause at that particular suggestion] ...the speech isn't for grant money.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I remember the good old days, when they'd let you speak in mathematics and poetry at once.

[lamb_of_gold]

Space and time?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

Yes, in regards to the theory of relativity.

[lamb_of_gold]

I've never heard that theory.

[di-persona.livejournal.com]

My, it sounds like you're getting ready for quite the presentation.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

Just a bit of last minute practice.

[ofalzarius.livejournal.com]

[Because Adric is a huge swat when it comes to anything mathematical;] Isn't that the theory of relativity?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[Grins] It is indeed.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[listens with a faint smile] I do love the theory of relativity. Quite inspired.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

It's a brilliant theory, really. And the mathematics of it are absolutely beautiful.

[mercwamouth]

What, gonna be hosting a PBS special?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

A what?

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Arthur! [He stops near him and tilts his head.] Getting ready, right? For the big speech.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

The Romanes Lecture, yes. Do you know of it, Doctor?