10. Bright times in optics
Optical physicists made progress in many directions in 2002. Researchers in Göttingen used conventional optics to image clumps of bacteria just 33 nanometres across [...]
Err, no. That is quite silly. Bacteria are order 1000 nm across. Not 33 nm. Let alone clumps of bacteria. 33 nm is small for a virus.
33 nm was the resolution. Not the size of the object being looked at! Sigh.
How many people have read that paragraph without noticing the absurdity?
You too can spot such humorous silliness. Just
[plug] look at
How Big Are Things?. Bacteria are the size of
tables,
not ping-pong balls!:)
It could be nice to have an "Escaping from Windows " site, with a list of the most popular Windows games and apps, and how well they run in emulators, or interact with open source replacements.
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33 nm was the resolution. Not the size of the object being looked at! Sigh.
How many people have read that paragraph without noticing the absurdity?
You too can spot such humorous silliness. Just [plug] look at How Big Are Things?. Bacteria are the size of tables , not ping-pong balls! :)
It could be nice to have an "Escaping from Windows " site, with a list of the most popular Windows games and apps, and how well they run in emulators, or interact with open source replacements.