Prof. Okada appears at the crucial point. There is a real sense of reflecting on the history of the Biohistory Journal. He also points the way to future development, focusing on the core. Producing the results of science in language--he is careful to say that this is a creative work, not enlightenment or an explanation. The subject in which I have been most interested over the past few years is words. The emotion has grown stronger within me of wanting to create new knowledge by actively adding words and pictures as expressions to science, which has given precedence to mathematical formulas. This is completely different from the recently popular scientific communication and the responsibility for explanation; it is a creative work that is interesting, beautiful, and exciting, and embeds this in society as a culture. While this is difficult, Prof. Okada’s support is the greatest reassurance.
(Keiko Nakamura)
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Biohistory journal, Autumn, 2006
