I dreamt that I was somehow involved in the design and testing of bombs. The dream persisted through several waking periods, during which I kept working on my designs at a furious pace. I remember having heated discussions with scientists involved in the project. The bomb design I pursued was spherical. The main thing I was interested in was the effect of the explosive material within the bomb on the thick steel shell surrounding it. If the explosion chamber was slightly off center, I reasoned, the explosion could be directed. In the case the bomb was fixed to a base, it would act like a cannon, and it would act like a rocket if it were not fixed. I remember having a long discussion with one of the scientists about the behavior of a bomb with an off-center explosion chamber under its center of gravity. If such a bomb were placed on top of a thick steel plate, it would fly upwards when the explosive material would be ignited because the explosion would be reflected of the plate. The thickest parts of the shell on top of the bomb would explode last. The height of the flight would depend on the eccentricity of the explosion chamber. Much of my dream had to do with envisioning the behavior of the bomb in very short time segments—say, milliseconds. I saw my bombs expand as if in slow motion. My main concern was with the thickness of the steel shell that would affect either the direction of the explosion or the movement of bomb itself. By the time I woke up, however, I could remember only the broad outlines of my many designs.