{"product_id":"2940014008747","title":"WEAK ON SQUARE ROOTS","description":"As his coach sped through dusk-darkened Jersey meadows, Ronald Lovegear,\u003cbr\u003efourteen years with Allied Electronix, embraced his burden with both\u003cbr\u003earms, silently cursing the engineer who was deliberately rocking the\u003cbr\u003etrain. In his thin chest he nursed the conviction that someday there\u003cbr\u003ewould be an intelligent robot at the throttle of the 5:10 to\u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe carefully moved one hand and took a notebook from his pocket. That\u003cbr\u003ewould be a good thing to mention at the office next Monday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgain he congratulated himself for having induced his superiors to let\u003cbr\u003ehim take home the company's most highly developed mechanism to date. He\u003cbr\u003ehad already forgiven himself for the little white lie that morning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pascal,\" he had told them, \"is a little weak on square roots.\" That had\u003cbr\u003edone it!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld Hardwick would never permit an Allied computer to hit the market\u003cbr\u003ethat was not the absolute master of square roots. If Lovegear wanted to\u003cbr\u003ework on Pascal on his own time it was fine with the boss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRonald Lovegear consulted his watch. He wondered if his wife would be on\u003cbr\u003etime. He had told Corinne twice over the phone to bring the station\u003cbr\u003ewagon to meet him. But she had been so forgetful lately. It was probably\u003cbr\u003ethe new house; six rooms to keep up without a maid was quite a chore.\u003cbr\u003eHis pale eyes blinked. He had a few ideas along that line too. He smiled\u003cbr\u003eand gave the crate a gentle pat.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079822622960,"sku":"2940014008747","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014008747_p0.jpg?v=1763598910","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014008747","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}