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"Shining light" on something is kind of a metaphor for figuratively illuminating something, or showing something more clearly (pretend someone shines light on s
by knicholes 8y ago
"Shining light" on something is kind of a metaphor for figuratively illuminating something, or showing something more clearly (pretend someone shines light on something in the dark). More precisely, I believe this is saying that a chemist is providing more information about a prime number PATTERN.
- tomjakubowski 8y agoIt's a bit of a pun too, since crystallography is, in essence, shining a light on something and studying what comes back.