Isithombe: Ukusethwa kweLebhu Yokuvutshelwa

Enhliziyweni yalesi sigameko saselabhorethri, umkhumbi omkhulu wengilazi obilayo uyalela ukunakwa, umzimba wawo oyindilinga ukhanya ngokufudumele njengoba uqukethe uketshezi olusagolide olubilayo. Ingaphezulu limbozwe ngekhanda elinamagwebu, kuyilapho ngaphakathi komkhumbi amabhamuza amaningi ekhuphuka emifudlaneni ephilayo, abambe ukukhanya njengoba egijima ebheke phezulu. I-airlock efakiwe ngenhla, evalwe kahle ngesivalo esibomvu, ikhombisa ukunakekelwa ngokucophelela okuthathwayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukunemba kule nqubo, okuvumela isikhutha ukubaleka kuyilapho kuvimbela ukungcola ukuthi kungangeni. Kuma njengesikhumbuzo esithulile sokuthi nakuba ukuvutshelwa kuwuguquko lwemvelo, kudinga ukuqapha ngokucophelela ukuze kwembuleke kahle.

Ezungeza umkhumbi ophakathi, uxhaxha lwezinto zengilazi zaselabhorethri zinweba ukulandisa kwakho kokubili isayensi nemisebenzi yezandla. Kwesokunxele, iflaski ye-Erlenmeyer kanye nesilinda eside esineziqu ziphumule ngokuhambisana, ukucaca kwazo kubamba ukubonakaliswa okucashile kokukhanya. Ibhika elincane eligcwele isampula esagolide libonisa okuqukethwe komkhumbi omkhulu, njengokungathi lihlukanisa ucezu lwenqubo ukuze libukwe eduze. Kwesokudla, amaflaski amaningi kanye neshubhu lokuhlola elizacile ku-rack kwenza ingxenye yohlelo, amanye aphethe uketshezi oluphaphathekile, olunamafu olungamelela iziqalo zemvubelo noma izixazululo zezakhi ezisetshenziselwa ukukhuthaza ukuvutshelwa okunempilo. Ndawonye, lezi zakhi ziguqula indawo yokusebenza ibe okungaphezu nje kwebhentshi—iba yisiteji lapho ikhemistri nebhayoloji isebenzisana ukuze kudaleke into enkulu kunesamba sezingxenye zayo.

Ukuba khona kwesibonakhulu ngemuva kuqinisa ukujula kophenyo olusekela lo msebenzi wezandla. I-silhouette yayo, ethambile kancane ngenxa yebanga, iphakamisa ukuthi lapha, zonke izigaba zokuvutshelwa zingafundwa ezingeni lamangqamuzana, kusukela ekuziphatheni kwamangqamuzana imvubelo kuya esakhiweni esincane samabhamuza akha oketshezini. Le nhlanganisela ye-macroscopic—umkhumbi okhipha ugwebu ophilayo unamandla abonakalayo—kanye nezinto ezingabonakali—izwe elingabonakali lamagciwane—ithwebula imvelo embaxambili yokuphiswa kotshwala njengobuciko nesayensi. I-microscope ayisebenzi ngokugcwele ngalesi sikhathi, kodwa ukuba khona kwayo ngokuthula kuveza ukulungela, njengokungathi ukubuka nokuhlaziya kuyingxenye ebalulekile yoguquko oluqhubekayo ngaphakathi komkhumbi.

Ukukhanyisa kudlala indima ebalulekile ekusunguleni isimo. Ukukhanya okufudumele, okuqonde ngqo kwehla kusuka phezulu, kuthungele amathoni asagolide oketshezi olubilayo futhi kulethe umuzwa wobungqabavu esenzweni sokubhibha ngaphakathi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iqopha izithombe ezigqamile ezithambile emaphethelweni e-glassware, igcizelela ukucaca, ukucaca, nokuhleleka. Izithunzi zihlala zithambile futhi zilawulwa, okuqinisa isimo sokugxila okuzolile. Lokhu kuhlobana kokukhanya nesithunzi kuguqula ilabhorethri isuke endaweni esebenza ngokuphelele ibe yileyo ezizwa icabangela, cishe inenhlonipho—indawo lapho izinqubo zemvelo zinikezwa kokubili isakhiwo nenhlonipho.

Emuva elifiphele kancane, ishalofu lezincwadi eligcwele imibhalo yokuphisa kanye ne-microbiology liqinisa inkundla ngobukhona bezazi. Izincwadi, imigqa yazo ikleliswe kahle, ihlanganisa ulwazi oluqoqiwe—amashumi eminyaka ocwaningo, isiko, kanye nokuhlolwa okulotshwe phansi. Bakhumbuza obukele ukuthi ukugegetheka komkhumbi akukona okukodwa noma ngengozi kodwa kuyingxenye yokuqhubeka kwelukuluku lokwazi nokuziphatha komuntu. Izincwadi ziboleka indawo yokusebenza umuzwa we-gravitas, igxilisa indawo kukho kokubili ukuqina kwesayensi kanye nomlando omude wokuvutshelwa njengesihloko socwaningo.

Ngokuhlangene, le mininingwane ihlanganisa ukulandisa kokulinganisela—phakathi kwamandla emvelo imvubelo eguqula ushukela ube utshwala kanye nokwengamela komuntu ngokucophelela okuqondisayo; phakathi kwamandla afudumele, aphilayo okuvutshelwa kanye nokupholisa, oku-ode okucacayo kwezinsimbi zaselabhorethri. I-carboy ithola ukuphila phakathi nendawo, kodwa yizakhi ezizungezile—amabhokwe, amaflask, isibonakhulu, izincwadi—ezenza lokhu kuphila kube okunenjongo, okutadishwayo nokuhlonishwayo.

Ekugcineni, lesi akusona nje isithombe sokuvutshelwa okuqhubekayo kodwa ukuzindla ngokuvumelana kwesiko nesayensi. Ukukhanya okusagolide koketshezi kuphakamisa isithembiso nomvuzo, kuyilapho ukuhlelwa okunembile kwamathuluzi nezincwadi kusikisela ukubekezela, ubuchwepheshe, kanye nendlela. Yindawo lapho uthando luhlangabezana nokunemba, lapho usosayensi ophisa utshwala ekwazi ukuma abuye isikhashana futhi abone ukuthi indawo ephambi kwabo ijwayelekile futhi ayijwayelekile: umkhumbi olula woketshezi olugezayo, nokho futhi kuwukubonakaliswa okuphilayo kweyodwa yama-alchemy amadala futhi athakazelisa kakhulu aziwa isintu.

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