Thesis Completion

Sweewawa has completed her Physics PhD thesis and is mailing the final version today!

And here are some photos from her PhD defense in August:

Small to Big

This year scientists at IBM have been able to actually create the smallest photograph -- of a single molecule pentacene -- using an atomic force microscope (AFM). It's actually quite amazing as you can see the hydrogens jetting off the corners of the six-carbon rings. I copy the photograph below with the other universe bookend . . . the butterfly galaxy photo courtesy of the Hubble Telescope. Can your eyes from these pixels fathom the extremes of big and small?