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OK, the dust of politics slowly retreats and for you my homies, the science nerds, the travel geeks, for you, I have a thread.
I'll lay the background so the book lovers get their fix first.
This is probably the best book I read in 2018.
I'll lay the background so the book lovers get their fix first.
This is probably the best book I read in 2018.
It's super entertaining without losing an iota of *serious scienciness*, & the writer's enthu is infectious
A good thing to have re-read on a long flight, coz I spent one full day at the Museum of Science & Nature in Tokyo, in a happy daze, actually understanding what I saw :-D
A good thing to have re-read on a long flight, coz I spent one full day at the Museum of Science & Nature in Tokyo, in a happy daze, actually understanding what I saw :-D
The journey begins with mapping astrophysics, palaeontology, evolution and time
With beautifully arrayed evidence from asteroids that hit us, to metallurgy, to evolving skulls, to time projected in waves at your feet..
With beautifully arrayed evidence from asteroids that hit us, to metallurgy, to evolving skulls, to time projected in waves at your feet..
The Museum of Science and Nature 国立科学博物館, aka Kahaku, in Ueno 上野
Is divided into floors by time. I started right in the middle, & that's how you'll have to travel with me :-D
Let's look up, shall we, while we're underwater?
Is divided into floors by time. I started right in the middle, & that's how you'll have to travel with me :-D
Let's look up, shall we, while we're underwater?
Coincidentally, I've been reading about (& documenting here) hominid discoveries through 2018, as well as Carl Zimmer & Ed Yong's excellent books
Walking through #Kahaku is like reading such a book, but laid out for anyone above seven to understand
Walking through #Kahaku is like reading such a book, but laid out for anyone above seven to understand
The Physics section was astoundingly well laid out, starting with Japan's impressive army of Nobel winning scientists!
And here's the thing. Most of the text on the meticulously crafted artefacts, the complex experiments, was in Japanese.
It was meant for the citizens first!
And here's the thing. Most of the text on the meticulously crafted artefacts, the complex experiments, was in Japanese.
It was meant for the citizens first!
The artefacts at #Kahaku include tracing man's spread out of Africa.
If you feel the Science museum in London is awesome too (they WERE the Industrial Age) - here, without baroque buildings or braggy locomotives (OK, just one!), the full focus is on learning & absorption.
If you feel the Science museum in London is awesome too (they WERE the Industrial Age) - here, without baroque buildings or braggy locomotives (OK, just one!), the full focus is on learning & absorption.
We didn't have this, but we must have it for future generations.
The melding of science, design, creativity, imagination, experimentation, & observation.
Education, the way it's meant to be. Not straitjacketed in dingy classrooms, but running free in such spaces!!
The melding of science, design, creativity, imagination, experimentation, & observation.
Education, the way it's meant to be. Not straitjacketed in dingy classrooms, but running free in such spaces!!
Thank you for walking with me!
I leave you with some gratuitous shots of big (& very small) animal skeletons.
The National Museum for Science and Nature, Ueno, #Tokyo.
Don't forget to go!!
I leave you with some gratuitous shots of big (& very small) animal skeletons.
The National Museum for Science and Nature, Ueno, #Tokyo.
Don't forget to go!!
