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Наука и любознательность
The essay by Japanese writer Ikezawa Natsuki touches on a wide variety of fields of knowledge, both humanities and natural sciences: literature, mathematics, physics (electricity), paleontology, astronomy. Access to all these areas begins - or once began - with reading popular science literature and all kinds of manuals and introductory courses. The importance of this kind of literature is emphasized by the author. In a separate way, or rather the background of the entire essay, a discussion is given about the life span of books in the history of mankind. The essay is a valuable set of texts and authors mentioned: they reflect the situation of the 90s of the last century, showing the horizon of the canon, with which both Japanese and world curious readers seem to be familiar.