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The Precise Order in the Wavelength of Light

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Our eyes enable us to see by perceiving only those rays in the universe that have a very

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short wavelength. Devices such as microscopes and telescopes always work according to the

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structure of our eyes and the light they are able to perceive. If light had very slightly

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different properties then it would have been impossible to develop functional devices like

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the microscope or telescope. Our eyes have been designed to distinguish that form of

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light emitted by the sun that gives life to our planet.

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The fact that very powerful visible light moves in relatively short wavelengths makes it biologically

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possible for us to detect it. In order to see extended radio waves we would have to have

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eyes as big as satellite antenna. And our eyes detecting infrared rays would serve no purpose.

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In such an event we would constantly be distracted because every object emitting light would do

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so at those wavelengths. If we were able to see infrared light then the room you are sitting

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in would radiate brightly from top to bottom. The brightly colored rays that make up visible

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light have different wavelengths. These wavelengths vary between 39 and 75 parts in a million of

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a centimeter.

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Isaac Asimov, one of the most renowned scientists of the 20th century describes the importance of

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the delicate arrangement of the wavelengths of light by saying,

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The shortness of the wavelengths is very important. The reason light wave travels in straight lines

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and casts sharp shadows is that they are incomparably smaller than ordinary objects. Waves can curve

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around an obstruction only when that obstruction is not much larger than the wavelength. Even bacteria

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for instance are vastly wider than a wavelength of light. So light can define them sharply under a microscope.

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If the wavelength of the rays that constitute visible light were any shorter, then we would be able to see

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we would be able to see neither a grain of sand on the beach, nor microorganisms under the microscope.

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I think that scientists who devote their lives to exploring the Harmonia Mundi cannot help seeing in it some divine plan.

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I think God created the universe and life. Homo sapiens was created by God.

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I think God created the universe and life. Homo sapiens was created by God.