Aria

Beauty in the Details

In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. (Psa. 95:4-5)

This blog is about some of the beautifully complex details and designs in science, history, and other subjects that I’ve discovered in my studies.

Educational

Chirality: All Parts Unique

In my textbook this week, I read the sentence, “Stereochemistry may seem esoteric, but chirality pervades our very existence” (Smith 182). I thought this sentence was funny because my family has repeatedly joked about how difficult the word esoteric is to remember, which makes sense considering its definition. However, my textbook was also introducing me to a very neat, if very challenging, concept-chirality.

Chirality is a quality possessed when 2 things are not superimposable (in other words, when they cannot be laid on…