#Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is a scientist's pastime of tearing light apart by wavelength to expose the secrets of matter. Under the guise of a prism or diffraction grating, the substance doesn't resist, but proudly flaunts its properties. The resulting spectrum is plastered across the lab walls like an undecipherable ancient script. Faced with the astronomical invoice for the equipment, the researcher yields to perpetual budgetary torture. As science advances are celebrated, behind the scenes spectroscopy's under-the-table expenses quietly swell.