I can go with that. I like the "angle" angle.
   Phase changing has my fascination as well. Things can exhibit
   entirely different behaviors depending on their level. I don't
   care for when it gets analogized to evolution because it's
   different from that. A phase change is akin to the behavior of
   crystals; geometrical patterns that "lock" in self-reinforcing
   relationships, strengthening each others position to stay right
   where they are, given internal energies vs external energies
   [temperature generally]

   I sometimes wonder if the elements behave as they do more as a
   result of their structure - which can change shape depending on
   temperature, pressure, etc.

   It would explain a lot about the ability for different elements
   to behave like each other under given structures.

   I don't have any ready examples; it's something I was looking
   into about two years ago and was researching the effects of an
   low element (helium? hydrogen? I don't remember) and how there
   were surprising properties that emerges under unique
   combinations of low temperature and high pressure that caused it
   to resemble something entirely unexpected.

   Darned if I can remember what though. It's frustrating having
   the mental images available on-tap without the corresponding
   language to go with it or at least a few references for further
   research. But I haven't looked into this in a while, so memory's
   fuzzy on the details. chirality - yeah. I worked for a
   pharmaceutical company for a few years and remember chirality
   from a molecular/patent level. The scientists there would take a
   working formula and they're hurry up as fast as they could to
   find an equivalent molecule of other-handedness that provided
   the same functionality in order to create a new brand and extend
   their profit margin for another 7 years or whatever.

   In my time it was Clartin --> Clartinex but I remember them
   doing others in that way.

   It's only somewhat related, in that the handedness of molecules
   is known but the handedness of things at a smaller/earlier times
   in history is less known.