The bronze duo, The Scientist and Nature, was commissioned by Stephen A. Wainwright, James B, Duke Professor of Zoology emeritus, and his wife, Ruth, (For years, Wainwright co- ordinated a series of seminars around the theme "Structures" for Duke's freshman Focus program). One of our nation's most prominent animal physiologists, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Schmidt- Nielsen, cast in bronze, stands observing and questioning the camel just as astutely as the camel observes him. It is both a tribute to a remarkable scientist and a statement about: science in general, "The scientific quest is a voyage of self-exploration," says Wainwright. "By asking questions about the animals around us, we learn more about who we are."
Curiosity and the Camel
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