Can you guess what this picture is? It's an image of vitamin C, taken with polarised light. Vitamin C is essential for collagen formation and wound healing and a lack of it can lead to scurvy. Its study led to the awarding of both the medicine and chemistry prizes in 1937: the first to Albert von Szent-Györgyi who first isolated the vitamin, and the second to Norman Haworth for determining its molecular structure. More about the 1937 medicine prize: https://bit.ly/2QcpJGC More about the 1937 chemistry prize: https://bit.ly/2U4IxbI
Light, itself, is not polarizable. Individual Photons, each being a vertical-axis, Torsion Pendulum can be polarized. When TWO Photons get locked in binary orbit, like a binary star, they can form an Electron, and due to Synchronized Rotation of Polarization, can supply the Electronic Charge. massquerade.com Click for 'the movie' that explains the wonders of polarization in the world of subatomic particle creation.
Norman Haworth was professor of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham where the Chemistry building is named after him. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Haworth
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What a fascinating image and a great reminder of the critical role vitamin C plays in our health! The use of polarised light to capture such detailed images also highlights the intersection of science and art.
Medical treatment is pollution control pollution. We need safe food and healthy environment, not more medicine and treatment. Modern biology and chemistry are deepfakes. Molecular formula is a sign language which can only represent matters. People can only see matter but cannot see molecular formula because molecular formula is not a reality.
That's the fascinating world of bio science where I work.
it reminds me rainbow
Very informative! I'm at awe at about how metallic it looks!
Wow I never would have guessed that’s what’s in the picture! It’s amazing!
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5moThat's how molecular structure looks and how to call it in Wolfram: Entity["Chemical", "LAscorbicAcid"]["MoleculePlot"] To animate 3D rotation wrap the above in Tour3DVideo[].