23 As the Wheel Turns

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Small
5. 1 Santa Maria 12
6. 2 Feeling Is Seeing 15
7. 3 Quantum Cascades 18
8. 4 Water 21
9. 5 Single Molecules 22
10. 6 Cracks 25
11. 7 Nanotubes 26
12. Alice in Wonderland
13. 8 Vibrating Viola String 30
14. 9 Prism and Diffraction 33
15. 10 Duality 34
16. 11 Interference 37
17. 12 Quantum Apple 38
18. 13 Molecular Dominoes 41
19. 14 The Cell in Silhouette 42
20. 15 Laminar Flow 45
21. 16 The Wet Fantastic 46
22. 17 Fingers 49
23. Life
24. 18 Soap Bubbles 53
25. 19 The Cell as Circus 54
26. 20 Ribosome 57
27. 21 Bacterial Flagella 58
28. 22 Life as a Jigsaw Puzzle 61
29. 23 As the Wheel Turns 62
30. 24 Quantum Dots and the Cell 65
31. 25 Sequencing DNA 66
32. 26 Molecular Recognition 69
33. 27 Harvesting Light 70
34. 28 The Elegance of Simple Animals 73
35. 29 Antibodies 76
36. 30 Virus 79
37. Why Care?
38. 31 Writing with Light 83
39. 32 Eleanor Rigby 84
40. 33 Abacus 87
41. 34 Counting on Two Fingers 88
42. 35 Babbage’s Computing Engine 91
43. 36 Computers as Waterworks 92
44. 37 Microreactor 95
45. 38 Templating 97
46. 39 Catalyst Particles 101
47. 40 Christmas-Tree Mixer 102
48. 41 Self-Assembly 105
49. 42 Synthetic Nose 106
50. 43 Millipede 109
51. 44 E-paper and The Book 110
52. 45 Lateral-Flow Assay as Crystal Ball 113
53. 46 Testing Drugs in Cells 114
54. 47 Cooling the Fevered Brain 117
55. A CHEETAH IN THE UNDERBRUSH?
56. 48 Phantoms 120
57. 49 Privacy and the Nest 123
58. 50 Soot and Health 124
59. 51 Robots 127
60. 52 Fog 130
61. 53 In Sickness and in Health 133
62. Whale or herring?
63. 54 The Internet 136
64. 55 Reverse Osmosis Membrane 139
65. 56 Nuclear Reactions 140
66. 57 Flame 143
67. 58 Fuel Cell 144
68. 59 Solar Cell 147
69. 60 Plants and Photosynthesis 148
70. Coda
71. Five Not-So-Easy Pieces: Notes from the Photographer 153
72. Further Reading 164
73. Acknowledgments 165
74. VISUAL INDEX 169