177. Visionary, by James Kotsybar
APPLIED, ASTRO, HEP-TH/PH — By Jim on January 12, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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He looked into the lens-system and saw
an unimaginably small world grow.
Now does this image in history draw
from van Leeuwenhoek or Galileo?
Through lenses both passed to another realm
in essence, since their broadened reference frame
allowed them visions that could overwhelm.
Then for everyone nothing stayed the same.
The vaster one’s view the clearer things get,
of cosmic, subatomic, even time,
and, while the masses may first be upset,
brought to some summit that they didn’t climb,
it’s crucial so all the ingenious might
be informed of the remarkable sight. *
-James Kotsybar
* My work, which I’ve done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a craving after knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men. And therewithal, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
- Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (inventor of the microscope),
Letter of June 12, 1716
2 Comments
Thank you so much, Jim! This was beautiful.
Cheers,
Dmitry.
cool. open. thanks. I wrote a poem once about Marconi I think Science in its own right can be art.
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