Lord Kelvin's idea that atoms were based on knots is treated as if it were some absurd personal notion. Physicists would see it as a mistaken guess at a time when the nature of atoms was mysterious.
It could even be seen as anticipating String Theory, though that operates at a much deeper level, of correct.
It could even be seen as anticipating String Theory, though that operates at a much deeper level, of correct.
Some of the blinking stars seen exhibit cross-like diffraction spikes, which is an artifact which occurs only in images seen through reflector telescopes (they result from the light distorting around the frame which holds the second mirror in place), revealing that they were created from a photograph taken by one.