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Stenomusen 16 STENOMUSEN 16 MEDLEMSBLAD FOR STENO MUSEETS VENNER - DECEMBER 2001 13 Rigtige? Særudstilling om de danske nobelpriser Den 10. december 2001 var det kriterier, men at tidens idealer, og interesser eller ligefrem 100 år siden nobelprisen blev ud- politiske forhold, de udpe- tilfældigheder kan være afgø- delt første gang. I den anledning gende personers holdninger Fortsættes side 9 har Steno Museet i samarbejde med Det Kongelige Bibliotek og Danmarks Natur- og Lægeviden- skabelige Bibliotek lavet en ud- stilling om de danske nobelpris- tagere. Den har siden efterårsfe- rien været vist i Den sorte Dia- mant og kan fra den 8. februar 2002 ses på Steno Museet. I løbet af nobelprisens første 100 år har godt 700 personer og organisationer fra alle dele af verden modtaget en pris inden for områderne fysik, kemi, fysiologi/medicin, litte- ratur, fredsarbejde og økono- mi. Heriblandt er der 13 pris- modtagere fra Danmark. Er disse 13 – alle mænd – så de danskere, som har gavnet menneskeheden mest i det 20. århundrede? Spørgsmålet er meningsløst, bl.a. fordi nobelprisen kun belønner ganske få fag. Desuden do- kumenterer nobelarkiverne, at tildelingen af en nobelpris Udstillingskataloget med miniportrætter af de 13 nobelprismodtagere er ikke blot er styret af objektive boggaven til medlemmerne af Steno Museets Venner i 2002. www.stenomuseet.dk STENOMUSEN STENOMUSEN udgives af Steno Museets Venner. Bladet udkommer 3 - 4 gange årligt og sendes til foreningens medlemmer. Stof kan sendes til Steno Museet. Redaktion: Knud Erik Sørensen (ansv.) [email protected] Hans Buhl [email protected] C.F. Møllers Allé 100 Layout: Universitetsparken, 8000 Århus C Knud Erik Sørensen Tlf: 8942 3975, Fax: 8942 3995 Fotos: E-mail: [email protected] Hanne Teglhus Web: www.stenomuseet.dk Tryk: Clemenstrykkeriet, Århus. The Doctor's Lady Steno Museet modtog for nyligt guren er sandsynligvis fra Lady. Ud fra denne oplys- en lille kinesisk elfenbensfigur – 1900-tallet. ning – og vha. en undersø- en såkaldt Doctor's Lady – i gave. gelse af kvindens puls – Denne nyerhvervelse kan frem til Indirekte diagnose skulle lægen stille sin diag- efter jul ses i en lille særudstil- Sådanne nøgne kvindefigu- nose. Brugen af Doctor's La- ling i museets rotunde.. rer blev gennem århundre- dy fortsatte helt op til midten der anvendt, når en syg ki- af 1900-tallet og i visse yder- Figuren fremstiller en nøgen neserinde fra de højere klas- områder selv efter dette. kvinde liggende på en træ- ser havde behov for lægetil- Mette Hvelplund, briks. Kvinden ligger på si- syn. praktikant. den og støtter hovedet i sin Denne skik udsprang af, hånd. Med den anden hånd at det i Kina blev anset Generalforsamling i dækker hun for sit køn. Hun for yderst upassende for en Steno Museets Venner er iført små snabelsko og har kvinde at afklæde sig i nær- Generalforsamlingen 2002 en armring omkring hvert værelse af en mandlig læge afholdes onsdag den 3. april håndled samt ørenringe. An- og lade sig undersøge af den- kl. 19.30 på Steno Museet. sigtet har asiatiske træk, og ne. Derfor måtte kvinden vi- Dagsorden i henhold til ved- håret er samlet i en lavtsid- se lægen, hvor smerten ud- tægterne meddeles i Steno- dende knold i nakken. Da- sprang, ved at udpege stedet musen 17. Sø teringen er ukendt, men fi- på en lille, nøgen Doctor's 2 STENOMUSEN Planetarienyt Ta' på rejse gennem solsystemet rangementer med spisning hvis man har observeret en i vinterferien. og et tema. Deltagerne var ildkugle.Planetariet opfordrer henrykte, så vi prøver en an- til at give sine oplysninger Vinterferie i planetariet den gang igen. hertil, så data kan blive sam- I vinterferien (fra 9. til 17. let for evt. at kunne beregne februar) tilbyder planetariet Selvlysende handsker ildkuglens bane og mulighe- forestillingen Rejse Gennem Det er lykkedes Planetariet der for fald i Danmark.En Solsystemet, hvor en levende på Steno Museet at anskaffe henvisning til hjemmesiden guide tager os tæt på de for- selvlysende handsker. Der findes på planetariets hjem- skellige planeter i solsyste- er med disse handsker nye meside www.stenomuseet.dk/ met. Dette er en undervis- og bedre muligheder for at planet under punktet "Vil ningsforestilling, som derfor bruge tegnsprog under af- du vide mere?". Vi håber på normalt kun vises på bestil- viklingen af vores forestil- mange henvendelser. ling eksempelvis for skole- linger om stjernehimlen, da klasser. Men nu har publi- de kan bruges sammen med 90 års fødselsdag kum mulighed for at se fore- den røde lampe. Handskerne Ole Rømer-Observatoriet stillingen hver dag i vinter- kan bruges i forbindelse med havde 90 års fødselsdag den ferien. undervisningsforestillinger. 15. oktober 2001, så obser- Ring for at høre nærmere. vatoriet inviterede til kage- Fra Århus til Nordpolen mand og rød sodavand. Ole Eventyrer og rejseleder Car- Har du set en ildkugle? J. Knudsen havde i dagens sten Yde fra Århus var på Dansk Ildkuglecentral har en anledning anskaffet et isbjør- skitur til Nordpolen i april hjemmeside på as.dsri.dk/ild- neskind til glæde for især de 2001 via Rusland. Det fortal- kugle, der kan kontaktes, fremmødte børn. arj&ojk te han vidt og bredt om ved et velbesøgt aftenarrange- ment den 8. november. Som supplement til Carstens lys- billeder og gyse(r)historier fra turen serverede Chili John en Nordpolsplatte med blandt andet hvalspæk (Ma- taq) og laks a la Peter Freu- chen (dvs. benfri!). Museet Ole Rømer-observatoriet under opbygning. Friedrich Krüger, observatoriets havde underskud på arran- første leder, "medbragte" selv en kuppel fra sit observatorium i Altenburg. gementet, men vi ser det som Kuplen er her ved at blive opstillet på sin nye plads. en prøveballon på aftenar- (Fotografi i observatoriets arkiv.) 3 STENOMUSEN Jurafinkerne på videnskabelig legeplads… For nylig var de to jurastuderen- nooogle meter langt. På grund de Maria S. Benner og Silja Bjå- af jordens hældning og dre- stad på besøg på Steno Museet. jen rundt om sig selv, når De var næsten ved at "falde bag- pendulet også at dreje 360 over af beundring og stum beta- grader i løbet af et døgn. gelse" og skrev en anmeldelse i Når man ser på det pendul, Paragraf, som er månedsblad for den evighedsmaskine, der dér det juridiske studium ved Aarhus er sat i gang, kan man bedre Universitet. Vi genoptrykker her forstå, at folk kan hypnoti- først halvdel af deres anmeldelse. Foto: Poul Pedersen. seres ved hjælp af penduler. Anden del følger i næste nummer. Man kan hurtigt komme til at sin start. Det er jo klart, at fokusere fuldstændigt på det Vi mødtes kl. 14, og regnede man for tredje gang bare MÅ og glemme verden omkring med at være hjemme i god følge Kelly-Dylan-Brenda én. Måske var det derfor Silja tid før TV2's SerieZonen tog dramaet. I hvert fald skulle endte med at gå og gabe vold- sådan et museumsbesøg som somt resten af eftermiddagen. udgangspunkt ikke tage mere Det var i hvert fald ikke af end en god halv time, men kedsomhed, for lad os endelig allerede i forhallen priste vi sætte dobbelt streg under, os lykkelige for at video- at her var et museum, der maskiner kan tidsindstilles. var så flot og interessant, at Der viste sig nemlig at være kedsomhed havde været en en usædvanlig spændende synd! eftermiddag i vente. Nå, men for nu at begynde Scientia, part I ved begyndelsen. Det første, Der er to etager i Steno Mu- vi stødte på, var Foucaults seet, og også to faste udstil- pendul, som ganske net var linger: Videnskabshistorie og placeret i forhallen. Det skal Medicinhistorie. I stedet for nok siges, at vi her taler om at lægge den ene udstilling i et videnskabeligt kunstværk, stueetagen og den anden på der fylder ca. halvanden meter 1. sal, så var hver udstilling i diameter på gulvet - med delt op i to, hvoraf den ene et pendul hængende ned fra halvdel lå i stuen og den an- loftet, som i hvert fald var den ovenpå. 4 STENOMUSEN lang tid i 1990'erne – og vi så et par magnetnåle der drejede ved hjælp af elektrisk strøm. Det var jo H.C. Ørsted, der i 1820 opdagede dette, og efter sigende fik han som fortjent buksevand i hvert eneste efterfølgende frikvar- ter. En fed detalje ved Atom- fysik-emnet var, at man kunne Pantografen er et instrument, hvormed man kan tegne kopier af landkort se det periodiske system med i andre målestoksforhold end originalens. alle grundstofferne. Altså se dem rigtigt! Her så vi også en Vi entrede Videnskabshisto- en miniudgave af Danmark 'kopi' (vi satser på, det var en rieudstillingen i stueetagen, ved at tegne ovenpå et eksi- attrap…) af atombomben, og blev med det samme gre- sterende landkort. Forsøget Fortsættes næste side bet af den Nostradamus-ag- blev gjort, men fordi man tige stemning. Hvem der bare nu engang ER lidt barnlig havde været videnskabsmand (Silja!) fik Jylland både bums i gamle dage! Eller hvad? på næsen og et småberuset, Dengang blev man jo som fjoget grin. Tsk tsk. Panto- astronom- og lægekunstkyn- grafen er et instrument, der dig kvinde ofte brændt på gør at man (ved seriøst brug) bålet som heks, og så på den kan tegne kopier af landkort anden side... Vi var jo nok i andre målestoksforhold end endt dér alligevel... originalens. Efter emnet Astronomi, Vi lærte også om Lys og som egentlig bare tjente det optik følgende: Ole Rømer formål at sætte os i den helt beregnede lysets hastighed så rigtige oplevelsesstemning, tidligt som i 1676 og regn- var der noget om Kortlæg- buen kan kun ses, når man har ningen af Danmark. Det var solen i ryggen. Der stod mod faktisk lidt kedeligt, og vi forventning intet om krukken ville nok slet ikke nævne med guld for enden.
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