The nuclear fire above Hiroshima in the early morning of August 6, 1945, not only vaporized parts of the city but also created new minerals. In 2015 geologist Mario Wannier discovered small particles
“There is something breathtaking about the basic laws of crystals. They are in no sense a discovery of the human mind; they just “are” – they exist quite independently of us. The most that
Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs, lithography by Joseph Kriehuber (1832). Talc – Gypsum – Calcite – Fluorite – Apatite – Feldspar – Quartz – Topaz – Corundum – Diamond - the Mohs
Caricatures are exaggerated sketches of a person or human behavior. However, such cartoons appear only at a superficial glance as simple drawings, as they contain deep and complex insight in our
"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws." "The Colour Out of Space", by H.P. Lovecraft (1927)Until