ABSTRACT
Morphology is a science of anticipation, an analysis of what often are the first signals of a new reality. Etymology may order the analysis of form, but the morphologist finds himself "reading" the faintest of signals. Through him reality becomes. This almost divinitory function is distinct from the systematization of form, which is done later, after the new form becomes part of the visual realm. The importance of freeze fracture in the development of what are today the basic concepts in the topology, the structure, and the dynamics of biological membranes cannot be overestimated. Freeze fracture came into being at a time of impasse for biochemical, immunological, and spectroscopic approaches. The images of freeze-fracture cells instantly appealed for two clear reasons: one, their incredible aesthetic beauty, and the other, their nonaveraged nature. Biological membranes appeared as a stunning bimodal reality — particles spread over smooth areas.
