Comments on: The Ouroboros http://ourfunnyplanet.com/ouroboros/ Our planet is full of wonders Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:36:50 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: TK http://ourfunnyplanet.com/ouroboros/comment-page-1/#comment-603 TK Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:12:20 +0000 http://ourfunnyplanet.com/?p=208#comment-603 I'd just like to note that I'm the creator of the Asian-inspired ouroboros at the bottom, there, in case anyone is curious. It was originally commissioned by a private party, and we'd both appreciate it if folks could avoid using it as tattoo flash or things like that. Feel free to keep it in this article, though. :> I’d just like to note that I’m the creator of the Asian-inspired ouroboros at the bottom, there, in case anyone is curious. It was originally commissioned by a private party, and we’d both appreciate it if folks could avoid using it as tattoo flash or things like that.

Feel free to keep it in this article, though. :>

]]> By: aprilglaspie http://ourfunnyplanet.com/ouroboros/comment-page-1/#comment-449 aprilglaspie Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:19:36 +0000 http://ourfunnyplanet.com/?p=208#comment-449 That was one hungry snake. And one very gook Lance Henriksen TV show. That was one hungry snake. And one very gook Lance Henriksen TV show.

]]> By: WL http://ourfunnyplanet.com/ouroboros/comment-page-1/#comment-427 WL Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:47:13 +0000 http://ourfunnyplanet.com/?p=208#comment-427 One should mention the dream of August Kekule, who sees atoms flutter before him in long lines, "twisting and turning like snakes." Then one snake seizes its own tail and whirls in front of him. He awakens and realizes that benzene has a cyclical structure. The Ouroboros is thus a symbol of "benzene", which takes it from the alchemical to the chemical. You may check out: Image and Reality: Kekul, Kopp, and the Scientific Imagination (Synthesis) by Alan J. Rocke Cheers, WL One should mention the dream of August Kekule, who sees atoms flutter before him in long lines, “twisting and turning like snakes.” Then one snake seizes its own tail and whirls in front of him. He awakens and realizes that benzene has a cyclical structure. The Ouroboros is thus a symbol of “benzene”, which takes it from the alchemical to the chemical.
You may check out: Image and Reality: Kekul, Kopp, and the Scientific Imagination (Synthesis)
by Alan J. Rocke
Cheers,
WL

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