Critical Focus | The Hidden Secrets of Snowflakes
THE MICROSCOPE
2014, Volume 62:4, pp. 171–181
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/OPQF5614
AUTHOR
Brian J. Ford
EXCERPT
Snow swirled around my sleeves as I stepped out from my rented room in Prague and climbed into a tram. I alighted near the museums and spent a few hours in research before I scrunched through the gathering drifts past the church of St. Francis of Assisi and down to the Charles Bridge. It is an awe-inspiring structure, lined by gothic statues (now all replicas; the originals have been removed for safe keeping) and marked by vast towers at either end. Snow was falling heavily as I stopped to look at the view.