The Sciences of Nature Versus the Science of Man: A Plea for the Science of Man

Seeing History in the Spectrum of Light

As I strayed into the study of an eminent physicist, I observed hanging against the wall, framed like a choice engraving, several dingy, ribbon-like strips of, I knew not what... My curiosity was at once aroused. What were they? ... They might be shreds of mummy-wraps or bits of friable bark-cloth from the Pacific…

Jun 21, 2012 1

• spectroscopy
• wonder