On Thursday, March 26th, we went to the Deutsches Museum. The museum was very large, and we couldn't even finish it that day. We had time to roam the museum on our own, and my favorite part so far was the Nanotechnology exhibit.
Aside from being so interactive, I found it incredible how technology has advanced to the nano world. In the Eye of the Beholder, people from that time were amazed that microscopes could magnify around 50 times, but now a Transmission Electron Microscope can magnify up to 10,000,000 times!
With the help of nanotechnology, we have made new discoveries of things so minute like the anatomy of a cell! I can only imagine how Leeuwenhoek would have reacted to that!
Throughout this trip it has been really neat to see how technology has progressed throughout history and how what we are reading in Eye of the Beholder really comes to life in the museums. Being able to compare Leeuwenhoeks inventions to what we have now has been an amazing process that never disappoints!
ReplyDeleteI did not realize how much we are able to magnify things now! I will definitely have to check out that room since I did not have time to see it yesterday
ReplyDeleteI found this exhibit really since I took a nanotechnologyear class this past semester! we only went to I think it was 500000 magnification though I didn't even know we could go to 10000000 times!I think Leeuwenhoek would have died from a heart attack or shock if he could have seen that magnification.
ReplyDeleteI found this exhibit really since I took a nanotechnologyear class this past semester! we only went to I think it was 500000 magnification though I didn't even know we could go to 10000000 times!I think Leeuwenhoek would have died from a heart attack or shock if he could have seen that magnification.
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