“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed. After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It's amazing.” -- Koji Nakanishi
#Tree #Eras #Firsts
“Magic is antiphysics, so it can't really exist. But is shares one thing with science. I can explain the principle behind a good science experiment in 15 seconds; the same way with magic.” -- Koji Nakanishi
#Magic #Way #Principles
“I liked science. I wasn't mathematically oriented, so I became an organic chemist.” -- Koji Nakanishi
#Science #Chemist
“This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique and informative book.” -- Koji Nakanishi
#Book #Unique #Chinese
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