The Imaginary 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

The Geography of Buddhist Pilgrimage in Asia

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...