How can something so simple be so complex? -Deutsche Museum

The Deutsche Museum was absolutely huge! I only made it through a couple floors of exhibits and I enjoyed every minute of it. The one exhibit which I was most drawn to was the Marine Navigation exhibit. They had a very large ship at the center, probably from around the 17th century, that was cut in half so you could see what the inside of the boat looked like. This was very neat because we

 got to go on a similar replica of a ship back in Amsterdam.
The other really neat part about the exhibit was all of the different knots that they had on display and how they used them on a ship. For example, they had knots they would use specifically if they were tying rope to a metal ring or if they needed the knot to give a little more slack. They also had some very decorative knots displayed that looked hard to tie! Even though it seems like a silly detail to write about, I think that is why I was so drawn to it. There are things that I see or use everyday that sometimes I don't stop and think how complex they are, like a knot.