I will say that I have already discussed this, and you have reason, but that the Exploratorium is given to a thousand entries. It is a place, is an idea, a dream that reinvents itself, which teaches us that we love, sharing, asking for our interaction and captivating ... If your steps will lead to it, and I mean not only the building but also the concept of revolution, and there is no turning back. In July I returned from California with a suitcase full of books on science, exhibitions, technology, inventions, biographies ... Gradually the pile of books is losing altitude and I'm devouring pages. These days I'm reading the biography of Frank Oppenheimer: " Something incredibly wonderful happens. Frank Oppenheimer and the World I made up" by KC Cole.
The science writer KC Cole gives us his experiences about Frank, entertains us with the interviews he did to countless people who knew the creator of the Exploratorium, we engaged with the whole fabric of his life and seduces us with science you breathe. It is a wonderful book and very inspiring. Through him, we meet a character almost invincible exile exceeded academic, economic hardship, political disillusionment and misunderstanding of the less visionary. But with his optimism, enthusiasm, his contagious enthusiasm and curiosity got the bare essential for science to make people around him.
Frank was a great researcher who participated in the most important discoveries of nuclear physics at the time, but also was a farmer, he taught school, was the founder of the Exploratorium. Frank Oppenheimer did not believe in science away from people, or elite expertise. He believed that everyone can have good ideas, the enthusiasm for learning is innate to humans, but sometimes you have to rescue some positive practices. The important thing about science is not so much the accumulation of data, but the ability to be critical, curiosity, courage, enthusiasm, desire to understand, the ability to do ... All these qualities are the product of an experience, a way of life. Those who were lucky enough to be near him, could see it first hand. All that time and space have not been favorable to us to be with him, have his work. But not only his work as a building and museum (no collection), but his thinking, his philosophy, his generosity with knowledge, his game, his desire to share. I remember when I worked as a high school teacher used to tell my students that a scientist is one who is curious, courageous and hardworking ... In reading the biography of one of the most famous physicists of recent times, I realize that Frank met these requirements perfectly. He was a man infinitely curious, brave and tireless worker.
Frank was a visionary, a person capable of combining science, art and mystery. He used to say that the best way to teach science was to make addicts of knowledge, just as people came to understand poetry, with that same magic, they would understand the science. And all that dream was born in the classrooms of a secondary school, all that utopia made reality by the end of the sixties ... 40 years ago! In
reason of this great celebration, the Exploratorium offers activities, proposals and celebrations. The centennial will find on the web. A delight for the senses:
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