synchronicity
A day or two ago, Soren and I were walking and talking about science. He was trying to remember a chemical name, and could only remember that the structure of it had appeared to a scientist in a dream of snakes devouring each other's tails. I rummaged up "benzene ring" from some archive of my memory, but neither of us could remember the scientist's name.
Just now, I clicked on a story at random in the current issue of Clean Sheets, and let out a half-yelp, half-laugh. Soren came over to look at the monitor, and barked a short laugh as well.
The story begins: Kekule's famous discovery of the structure of the benzene ring was inspired by a dream in which two snakes devoured each other's tails -- a variation on the classical ouroboros. Three years later, in Paris, Andre Guilmet's encounter with another mythical circle led to a more modest breakthrough...
I love this universe.
Just now, I clicked on a story at random in the current issue of Clean Sheets, and let out a half-yelp, half-laugh. Soren came over to look at the monitor, and barked a short laugh as well.
The story begins: Kekule's famous discovery of the structure of the benzene ring was inspired by a dream in which two snakes devoured each other's tails -- a variation on the classical ouroboros. Three years later, in Paris, Andre Guilmet's encounter with another mythical circle led to a more modest breakthrough...
I love this universe.