【Ongoing】Treasure box of science articles ―from the automated storage Kashiwa Library―

科学論文の玉手箱

 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 two scientific papers.

  • A safe operating space for humanity / Johan Rockström
    Nature Vol.461 (2009) pp.472-475
  • Relation between distance and radial velocity among extra- galactic nebulae / Edwin Hubble
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Vol.15 No.3 (1929) pp.168-173

 

*The following three scientific papers also remain on display. Please take a look at them together.

  • 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 and Time・Place

Date:Thursday, January 23, 2025 -
 *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

Contact

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

 

(January 27, 2025)