Our generation would be a lot different if we publicized, televised, and red- carpeted the Nobel awards for peace, chemistry, and medicine the way we do for the Grammys/ Oscars/ etc…
There are two people you’ll meet in your life. One will run a finger down the index of who you are and jump straight to the parts of you that pique their interest. The other will take his or her time reading through every one of your chapters and maybe fold corners of you that inspired them most. You will meet these two people; it is a given. It is the third that you’ll never see coming. That one person who not only finishes your sentences, but keeps the book.
Bismuth crystals aren’t exactly true minerals, but they show some of the symmetry properties and are really easy to grow. You can buy kits to be able to do this. Do not use a good pot or tongs - you aren’t likely to get them back.
i reblog this in the full knowlege that luka is going to go do this immediately
