Physics has been the foundation for the development of science, so I have thought that living creatures could be understood in the same way as machines and might be capable of being expressed mathematically. Biology textbooks use words and diagrams, however. I have a growing sense that living creatures are creatures that provide a narration.     In Talk, Prof. Kawada presents the viewpoint of history as an epic, not a chronicle. This is important for biohistory. Research presents Dr. Noji in a narrative with a single molecule, and Dr. Niwa, who discovered foundations for different living creatures by dissociating himself from molecules and drawing detailed diagrams. Prof. Oshima in Scientist Library uses the thermophiles existing in 80C° hot springs to provide a narrative for all organisms. In every case, we can hear the narration as the participants come face to face with the organisms.     The trial of linking the brain database with the question "What is the brain?" is an attempt to convert data to knowledge through words and diagrams. It is also an expression connected to understanding the phenomenon of life. (Keiko Nakamura)

Through Dialogs  Cultural anthropology The difference among "living creatures", "Homo Sapience" and "humans"  Prof. Junzo Kawada, Kanagawa University Keiko Nakamura, Gneral Director, JT Biohistory Research Hall  Through Research  Narrative based science Research of rotating molecule, ATP synthase  Hiroyuki Noji, University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science Mechanism of appendage diversification reviewed by anatomy  Nao Niwa, The RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology Art in Biohistory (Living creatures in Japanese culture) The four seasons deputed in Yamato-e   Through People All about thermophiles  Prof. Tairo Oshima, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science; professor emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology << Back Next >>