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To all

Even though we are trying to give answers, I always say that I have done
my job well when visitors leave with the thirst of knowing more.

Michel Harnois
Technoculture inc.
1337, rue de Dorval
Sherbrooke (Québec)
J1H 4K9
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Objet : Re: Bernoulli exhibits

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David-

    Yes and isn't the point that museums are here not to answer
questions,
but to raise them.  To launch people on life-long searches for
understanding.

    You can't expect to gain much understanding in a 2-hour visit, but
you
can gain a ton of curiosity that might lead to understanding.

                            Ed

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From: "Daniels, Alissa" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Bernoulli exhibits


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>
> Thank you, indeed, David. I always feel slightly guilty at my
inability to
> explain our Bernoulli exhibit. Of course, being a Children's Museum,
our
> visitors don't always care "why", they just know that it's cool. And I
guess
> in a lot of ways, that's a good start. If kids gets excited and think
> something is cool, and want to persue it further, or have just decided
that
> science is fun after all....my job here is done. And maybe someday one
of
> these kids will be able to explain Bernoulli to me in a way that I can
> grasp.
>
> I find Eric's question a fun one as well. I always had a tough time
with
> waves beyond the visible spectrum; the fact that some insects can see
> ultraviolet is kind of bizarre. Electromagnets hurt my head--wrap a
wire
> around a screwdriver, and it becomes magnetic? huh? (and for those of
you
> who were at the Faraday workbench weekend, that's my guilty secret).
On
the
> other hand, DNA replication makes perfect sense to me.
>
> Fun stuff.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager
> Boston Children's Museum
> 617-426-6500 x342
> www.BostonChildrensMuseum.org
> The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
> discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but "That's
nny..."   --Isaac
> Asimov

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