“Depth must be hidden. Where? On the surface.”
Hugo von Hofmannsthal from Buch der Freunde (1922).
to what extent do you agree to this sentence?
does surface really reveals the actual properties of the material?
Wolfgang Pauli -- God made the bulk; surfaces were invented by the devil.
I might go with this idea instead.
Thanks Dr Wang for that deep analysis.
the question was mainly to show how the surface is important in a philosophical view and we can discover many fantastic facts from it .Also we can use it for illusion, to show a different outside from the inside. this is done by surface modification by radiation for example. in materials it is important sometimes to have bulk and surface with opposite properties. but in a human scale this is not good, some kind of cheating.
Your view point is so appreciated, no one try to understand what I meant, but you do, So Thank you.
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