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Hi all,
I was recently asked, by research chemists at the University of Edinburgh (and
their colleagues in Finland), to produce this rendering of their latest chemical
marvel: the world's first designer molecule in the shape of a pentafoil knot.
Their paper was published this week in the prestigious scientific journal Nature
Chemistry, and this rendering was meant to be the magazine's cover shot.
Unfortunately the magazine's art department had other ideas and this didn't make
the cover after all. But, it did make it into New Scientist magazine as part of
their interesting online (and hardcopy print) article:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21132-single-molecule-ties-itself-into-famous-knot.html
The university is also making large format prints of my render to showcase the
molecule around campus and at various scientific conferences.
Cheers,
Rob
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www.McGregorFineArt.com
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"Robert McGregor" <rob### [at] mcgregorfineart com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was recently asked, by research chemists at the University of Edinburgh (and
> their colleagues in Finland), to produce this rendering of their latest chemical
> marvel: the world's first designer molecule in the shape of a pentafoil knot.
> Their paper was published this week in the prestigious scientific journal Nature
> Chemistry, and this rendering was meant to be the magazine's cover shot.
> Unfortunately the magazine's art department had other ideas and this didn't make
> the cover after all. But, it did make it into New Scientist magazine as part of
> their interesting online (and hardcopy print) article:
>
>
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21132-single-molecule-ties-itself-into-famous-knot.html
>
> The university is also making large format prints of my render to showcase the
> molecule around campus and at various scientific conferences.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
> -------------------------------------------------
> www.McGregorFineArt.com
Congrats, dude. A very fine illustration for the new molecule.
Hah, we can always be amused to know the atom is reflecting a kitchen HDR
probe... :)
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On 11-11-2011 5:39, nemesis wrote:
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> Congrats, dude. A very fine illustration for the new molecule.
Yes, congrats too! Excellent image. Apity it dod not make to the cover.
Stupid editors ;-)
>
> Hah, we can always be amused to know the atom is reflecting a kitchen HDR
> probe... :)
LOL. Indeed! Indeed! Micro- and macroworld coming together. And all
these scientists commenting the image will be totally unaware of it.
Thomas
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Great picture!
Great chemistry!
..... and congrats to being published in an important place (again) :-)
Have a nice weekend
Karl
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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Congrats, dude. A very fine illustration for the new molecule.
>
> Hah, we can always be amused to know the atom is reflecting a kitchen HDR
> probe... :)
Thanks, and yes, that is rather amusing!
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Thomas de Groot <tenDOTlnDOTretniATtoorgedDOTt> wrote:
> On 11-11-2011 5:39, nemesis wrote:
> >
> > Congrats, dude. A very fine illustration for the new molecule.
>
> Yes, congrats too! Excellent image. Apity it dod not make to the cover.
> Stupid editors ;-)
>
> >
> > Hah, we can always be amused to know the atom is reflecting a kitchen HDR
> > probe... :)
>
> LOL. Indeed! Indeed! Micro- and macroworld coming together. And all
> these scientists commenting the image will be totally unaware of it.
>
> Thomas
Thanks Thomas! The irony of the cover image is that the magazine's art
guidelines specifically emphasize, several times, to keep the image concise and
simple, and so I did (even though that goes against my general aesthetic, as
you're well aware). I was informed last week that the image was "too simple" and
they wanted something "more interesting." Oh well...
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"Karl Anders" <kar### [at] webde> wrote:
> Great picture!
> Great chemistry!
>
> ..... and congrats to being published in an important place (again) :-)
>
> Have a nice weekend
> Karl
Thanks very much Karl :)
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On 11-11-2011 23:10, Robert McGregor wrote:
> Thanks Thomas! The irony of the cover image is that the magazine's art
> guidelines specifically emphasize, several times, to keep the image concise and
> simple, and so I did (even though that goes against my general aesthetic, as
> you're well aware). I was informed last week that the image was "too simple" and
> they wanted something "more interesting." Oh well...
They missed the clue indeed.
And they probably mean "more interesting" in a "scientific" way instead
of "aesthetic". whatever they may mean by that however...
It is a difficult domain to combine both, especially on this topic. It
is easier I think with pure math, archaeology or geology.
Thomas
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On 11-11-2011 23:10, Robert McGregor wrote:
> Thomas de Groot<tenDOTlnDOTretniATtoorgedDOTt> wrote:
>> On 11-11-2011 5:39, nemesis wrote:
>>>
>>> Congrats, dude. A very fine illustration for the new molecule.
>>
>> Yes, congrats too! Excellent image. Apity it dod not make to the cover.
>> Stupid editors ;-)
>>
>>>
>>> Hah, we can always be amused to know the atom is reflecting a kitchen HDR
>>> probe... :)
>>
>> LOL. Indeed! Indeed! Micro- and macroworld coming together. And all
>> these scientists commenting the image will be totally unaware of it.
>>
>> Thomas
>
> Thanks Thomas! The irony of the cover image is that the magazine's art
> guidelines specifically emphasize, several times, to keep the image concise and
> simple, and so I did (even though that goes against my general aesthetic, as
> you're well aware). I was informed last week that the image was "too simple" and
> they wanted something "more interesting." Oh well...
There are more ways than one for something to be interesting. Two are
important here. One is where you can see in one glance that something is
happening. The other is when you look at something and decide that you
understand what is going and then suddenly realize that something is not
as you expected. The guy that decides on the cover goes for the first
and probably has not enough background to understand that it is a case
of the latter.
That way the journal missed a opportunity to create a coffee table
discussion piece.
--
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per
citizen per day.
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"Robert McGregor" <rob### [at] mcgregorfineartcom> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was recently asked, by research chemists at the University of Edinburgh (and
> their colleagues in Finland), to produce this rendering of their latest chemical
> marvel: the world's first designer molecule in the shape of a pentafoil knot.
> Their paper was published this week in the prestigious scientific journal Nature
> Chemistry, and this rendering was meant to be the magazine's cover shot.
> Unfortunately the magazine's art department had other ideas and this didn't make
> the cover after all. But, it did make it into New Scientist magazine as part of
> their interesting online (and hardcopy print) article:
>
>
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21132-single-molecule-ties-itself-into-famous-knot.html
>
> The university is also making large format prints of my render to showcase the
> molecule around campus and at various scientific conferences.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
> -------------------------------------------------
> www.McGregorFineArt.com
Interesting. Good idea to use a HDR-probe with the metal texture.
I too had a little go at that molecule...
--
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com
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