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Holtzman effect

The fictional physical principle behind devices such as shields and suspensors.

Definition and context

Herbert is more interested in technology's social and military consequences than in detailed engineering explanations.

Sources

  1. Dune ↗Frank Herbert · PDF

    Terminology of the Imperium · page 672 in the supplied PDF.

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