The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 24, June 15, 2003, Article 14

WORLD'S SMALLEST BOOK

  In previous issues we discussed the smallest numismatic
  books.  This week saw publicity for the world's smallest
  book, period.

  "To the naked eye, it looks like a fleck of tile decorated with
  the Greek letters alpha and omega. But when it is magnified
  by a factor of 600, its true nature becomes evident - the
  world's most portable copy of the New Testament."

  An assistant professor of visual neuroscience at the
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology created software to
  enable the writing in gold on a silicon chip, using a font four
  microns high - about the height of a red blood cell.

  See the New York Times article for more information:
  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/technology/09TINY.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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