“ Not long ago, I picked up my newspaper and read that the “impossible” had happened: a scientist had discovered two snowflakes that were alike. Didn’t surprise me any. Some people, however, including scientists, were shocked. According to Reader’s Digest (November, 1988), the scientist who discovered those two snowflakes is Nancy C. Knight of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. When she showed the two flakes to her husband and co-researcher, Charles Knight, his initial response was, “That’s impossible.” But there they were, right before his eyes: two virtually identical .009-inch long snowflakes which looked like columns with vase-shaped hollow centers.
