divendres, 10 de juliol del 2009

Japanese scientist visiting the United States... is Science Universal?

Dear reader,

In this article, a biologist visiting the United States from Japan describes the differences he found between the 2 countries, not only on the cultural level, but also in science.

"I had always regarded science as universal and believed there are no differences in science at all between countries. But I was wrong. People with different cultures think in different ways, and therefore their science also may well be different."

Tatsuo MOTOKAWA
Department of Biology, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-01 Japan
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 32: 489-504 (1989)