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Posted on 1/21/2025 1:52:49 PM
By Susan Gainen
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Flying Molecule from the Big Bang in Progress
Substitute Imagination for an Electron Microscope
Although I own a lot of stuff, I have not -- in 75 years -- acquired an Electron Microscope. So, as I've now committed to documenting 2 Seconds after the Big Bang, I'm relying on my imagination for images of molecules flying throughout the universe, and a lifelong commitment to unhinged microbiology.
Nomenclature and The Plan
Nomenclature is a work in progress: each of these molecule images deserves a name. The plan is to create a significant number of images and to create an installation for an as yet unknown location. On the principle of rarely letting facts interfere with a good story, I'm likely to incorporate some -- not a lot -- of genuine science into the supporting text.
Seeking Random Acts of Whimsy
Knowing virtually nothing about the origins of the universe, it seems logical that its very beginning would be loaded with strange, new and beautiful things and wondrous images. Because the first of these would be molecules, it seems right to employ Painstaking Exuberance to make the tiny shapes and tiny spaces. Join me on this journey!
