BAKER LEANED BACK IN his chair and laughed heartily. “So it worked, did it? He showed you something that made you think he had a real working device.”
“There was no ‘think’ about it,” said Fenwick. “I saw it with my own eyes. That boy’s got something terrific!”
Baker sobered and thumbed through the Ellerbee file again. “Any freshman math major could poke holes all through this mathematical explanation he offers. Right? Secondly, a device such as he claims to have produced violates all the basic laws of science. Why, it’s even against the Second Law of Thermodynamics!”
“I don’t care what it’s against,” said Fenwick. “It works. I want you to come with me to Ellerbee’s and see for yourself. His device will revolutionize communications.”
Baker shook his head sadly. “It’s always tougher whe
