Microcosm

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a microcosm is:

a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger

As you may have guessed from the name of my blog, I love to learn about microbes and molecules (I am a microbiologist and biochemist).  However, as I am perpetually curious about almost everything, so I will also write about mysteries of the universe.  This blog is my chance to share my fanaticism of such things.  This blog is my microcosm.  It is a small part of my world and a small part of our Planet Earth.

Did you know that the Earth is 7 million times bigger in diameter than the average man, and that a person is 21 million times taller than the H1N1 influenza virus?

Image by me compiled from the following:  The Blue Marble (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/), Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, H1N1 Virus (http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/images.htm).