Be forewarned though, Marvel’s Ant Man will see even less believable and you might annoy your friends if you ask how he is able to see when he shrinks.
This is a great essay. If the topic interests you, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's classic work On Growth And Form is also a worthwhile read: https://archive.org/details/ongrowthform00thom
I'm thinking I may read it to my kids as their bedtime story tomorrow night. I'll have to include some editorial explanations since the idea of marrying one's daughter off as a prize seems a bit odd now, although when I first read this at age seven or so, I don't think it occurred to me that it was odd.
I think it's about being young, you just tend to take all kinds of things in your stride. I'd guess that's because there's just so much you don't know yet that it's just normal to stumble over new things and concepts all of the time. So odd, surprising things are just not that odd or surprising.
The old biography is pretty good.by Ronald Clark. JBS was a Humanist, communist, self-experimentor, lifelong scientist. Often wrong headed. Also worth reading about is JD Bernal, AV Jones, Solly Zuckrmann, and PMS Blackett and the rest of 'the boffins'
"But I shouldn’t worry too much about the higher orders. The only examiner who is likely to spot that you haven’t done them is Haldane, and he’ll probably be interned as a Red before you send your thesis in."
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy3221/spring10/HaldaneRigh...
Be forewarned though, Marvel’s Ant Man will see even less believable and you might annoy your friends if you ask how he is able to see when he shrinks.