2010年1月1日 星期五
The Mystery of Violin
For 150 years, violin makers, musicians, and scientists have tried to slove the mystery of the Stradivarius. Antonio Stradivari lived in Cremona, a small northern Italian. Before his death in 1737, he mad over 1000 violins, violas, cellos, and guitars. Two sons followed him into the business, but they died sonn after. The details of how their father and other violin makers mad their remarkable instruments disappeared with them. But in 1977, Nagyvary find out that the high quality of Stradivari's instruments was not duo to his artistic talent. Rather, the remarkable sound was a result of the materials, the chemical properties of the wood and varnish. It maks the violin being playing with a heavenly sound.
Gloves
Jeon-wha choi was borning 1946 in seoul, Korea. Choi examined how Korean traditional clothing compares to western clothing in two way: thermal adaptability and mobility. Choi's research confirmed that Korean traditional clothing, while beutiful, did not do very well on a physiological level. In September 1979, she has since done important research on the effects of clothing on te wearer's quality of life. She and her research team conduct scientifically controlled experiments to precisely measure the ways in which clothing affects mental, physical, and occupational health and well-being. And that's what bring us back to those gloves.
The Chimpanzee
A scientist, Jane Goodall, has spent her life living among and studying the behavior of our closest relative in the Chimpanzee world. She has observed chimpanzee for long time and has spent so much time analyazing the behavior of chimpanzees in the wild. She has also worked with other researchers who conduct experiments for comesticated chimpanzees. Then, she found out that Chimpanzees can be encouraged to stretch their minds to the limit. The environmental pressures that led to the evolution of intellectual skills in chimpanzee societies. And, in the wild, almost all behaviors are complicated by endless variables.
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