Sentences with phrase «japanese scientific culture»

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He likes nothing better than surfing journals the likes of Cereal Chemistry, Poultry Science, and The Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries.In fact, he's made a career of turning huge amounts of arcane food science, centuries of history and culture, and wonderfully oddball,just - for - the - heck - of - it facts into a good read for curious cooks and eaters.

The work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DMR - 1307056), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research (B), 15H03981), the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Dynamic Alliance for Open Innovation Bridging Human, Environment and Materials) and the Center for Spintronics Research Network at Tohoku University.

Key works include Andrew Erdos's Texture of a Ghost (2011), a 6 x 8 foot room featuring hand - blown glass sculptures and a video installation; Josiah McElheny's Landscape Model for Total Reflective Abstraction (I)(2004); Luke Jerram's E. coli (2010), which explores the tension between scientific objectivity and cultural perceptions of viruses, diseases, and bacteria; twelve snow globes by Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz from the Travelers series; three stained glass light boxes by Judith Schaechter; and a recent body of work by Czech Republic - based artist Karen LaMonte that highlights the role of the kimono in Japanese culture.

In stark contrast, the very serious problems with the nuclear power plant in Fukushima have unearthed another, more problematic aspect of Japanese culture: their amazing ability of political denial in the face of scientific facts.