The main point I am trying to make in this book is to introduce the idea that science is everywhere. Everything we see. Everything we touch. Everything we look at. It is all science. And it's very beautiful. Stunningly beautiful. I want to get people to understand that ideas and discoveries in science can be accessible. We don't have to always describe these scientific ideas using jargon and technical language that may make a reader turn away. I want people to see the importance of science. I truly believe that if people were more engaged in science, we wouldn’t be in the trouble we are in. And we are in deep trouble. People don't trust scientists, they don't trust science, and of course, the politics are hardly helping the issue. Through Phenomenal Moments, I am trying to say to readers and to their parents and grandparents that science can be very beautiful and fascinating. Just take a look at what is around you. I hope – and perhaps this is my fantasy – that readers will not only look at the images in the book. But when they walk through their parks, and even in their kitchens, they're going to see something similar to what they saw in the book, and they can tell their grandmother, you see that? The reason why that is there, is because this or that scientific argument. And the more fantastical piece would be for them to take their own picture, store it, and keep it as a portfolio for their own science book. Maybe that's a long shot. But just maybe they can do something with it.


.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
