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The term tachyon was coined by Gerald Feinberg in a 1967 paper titled "Possibility of faster-than-light particles". He had been inspired by the science-fiction story "Beep" by James Blish.“
I don’t think “Beep” introduced the word, though (https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1954-02)
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The term tachyon was coined by Gerald Feinberg in a 1967 paper titled "Possibility of faster-than-light particles". He had been inspired by the science-fiction story "Beep" by James Blish.“
I don’t think “Beep” introduced the word, though (https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1954-02)