chronoscopy n.
viewing past or future events
Rare.
Time Travel
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1956
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Isaac Asimov
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Mr. Araman, I came to you because you’re top man in chronoscopy…I've come to you, sir, because for two years I have been trying to obtain permission to do some time viewing—chronoscopy, that is—in connection with my researches on ancient Carthage.
Dead Past in Astounding Science Fiction Apr. 7/1 -
1956
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Isaac Asimov
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You must realize, Dr. Potterley, that chronoscopy, or time-viewing, if you prefer, is a difficult process…And there is a long waiting line for the chronoscope and an even longer waiting line for the use of Multivac which guides us in our use of the controls.
Dead Past in Astounding Science Fiction Apr. 8/1 -
1956
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Isaac Asimov
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‘I can’t be sure yet, Caroline, but when I've got enough evidence, I'll apply for permission to use chronoscopy, which will settle the matter once and for all.’ ‘Chronoscopy?’ ‘Time-viewing. We can focus on ancient Carthage at some time of crisis, the landing of Scipio Africanus in 202 B.C., for instance, and see with our own eyes exactly what happens.’
Dead Past in Astounding Science Fiction Apr. 17/1
Research requirements
any evidence 1956
Earliest cite
Isaac Asimov, The Dead Past
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1959 reprint of Isaac Asimov's 1956 "The Dead Past", shich Mike Christy verified in its 1956 first publication.
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