Managing Pilgrimage

My science pilgrimage.

Most scientists can point to several important milestones in their careers. Looking back on my journey through the realm of science, I find there have been five important turning points. The first was the period from 1962 to 1965 that I spent as a Fulbright Research Associate at Michigan State University (MSU). In the Department of Agricultural Chemistry at Kyoto University I had been studying ...

Accidental injuries during muslim pilgrimage.

OBJECTIVE The diseases that occur during Hajj are a unique medical problem. The aim of this study is to highlight the incidence, the type and the early surgical management of trauma during the Hajj period. METHODS A prospective study was carried out during a 15 day-period conducted in two parts in the emergency room, and a follow-up of the admitted patients in the surgical department. RESUL...

Pilgrimage Places and Sacred Geometries

Pilgrimage to a Scientific Shrine

In the summlnler of 1954 my wvife and I enjoyed a long-deferred European holiday which included a miiotor trip in central France. \Ve hired a small Citro&n, and -M., being miiore adaptable than I, soon mlastered the technique of shifting gears on the dashboard and did all the driving. Arriving ill Clerml-ont-Ferrand one afternoon and learning that there was a miiotor road up a nearby mounitaini...

Few people and enthusiasm on IJzer Pilgrimage

thusiastically the new Purple government was received in the Flemish press, concludes Knack (3 September). The contrast with the credit accorded the Purple-Green government when it came to power in 1999 is great. The unwritten rule that a new government is given the benefit of the doubt and the first few months are overlooked before any conclusions are drawn suddenly appeared to no longer apply...