The auto library on the west side of the Kashiwa Library currently contains approximately 400,000 volumes of natural science journals. It is one of the most characteristic collections in Japan, having been accumulated along with the history of the University of Tokyo since the Meiji Era, and was gathered from other campuses such as Hongo and Komaba.

This exhibition features some of the journals from the auto library, a treasure trove of scientific papers of great significance in the history of science in modern and contemporary times.

We will focus on the following three scientific papers.

• THE ATOM AND THE MOLECULE / Gilbert Newton Lewis
  Journal of the American Chemical Society vol.38 no.4 (1916) pp.762-785

• The Orientation of the Frog’s Egg / T.H. Morgan, Umê Tsuda
  Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science Vol.35 No.139 (1894) pp.373-405

• MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid / J. D. WATSON, F. H. C. CRICK
  Nature vol.171 No.4356 (1953) pp.737–738

Date：Thursday, January 25, 2024 -
　*Weekdays 9:00-21:00 except for closing days（9:00-17:00 in August, September and March）
Place：The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Library, Exhibition space, 2nd floor
Presented by The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Library

The University of  Tokyo, Kashiwa Library
kashiwar@lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp