Miscellaneous Thoughts

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Physicist and essayist Terada Torahiko turns his gaze on the small phenomena of daily life and the quiet workings of science in this reflective piece. Beginning with thoughts on science education, his musings drift outward to schooling and society, the habit of observation, and the strange delight of noticing the ordinary. The hallmark blend of artistic sensibility and scientific rigor that defines Terada's essays is on full display here, carried by prose that is plain, warm, and quietly precise. A short work that gently rearranges the reader's way of seeing the world.

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