“When a blood vessel is cut, the fluid that sustains life begins to leak away. In response, tiny platelets melt, like snowflakes, spin out a gossamer web of fibrinogen. Red blood cells collect in this web, like autos crashing into each other when the road is blocked. Soon the tenuous wall of red cells thickens…
Month: May 2004
How Much Are You Worth?
“What are you worth? One author discusses our value in terms of the number of atoms in your body. We’re made up of about eight octillion atoms- that’s an 8 with 27 zeros after it. To help us comprehend that number, Dr. Donald Andrews of Johns Hopkins University uses the following illustration. Imagine a snowstorm…