Monthly Archives: July 2015

The Scientific Tourist very much enjoyed his brief visit to Vienna.   The city is everything a European capital should be;  elegant, clean, safe, and devoted to knowledge and culture.    Grand but graceful buildings are set along wide, tree-lined boulevards, and even on the side streets the apartment blocks are coordinated and consistent.   The city has a planned feel, which is of course the truth. Vienna’s cultural credentials are second to none.   It has great museums and an illustrious history of achievement in science.   A list of famous Viennese reads like an inventory of outstanding 19th and 20th century scientists;  Boltzmann, Mach, Schrödinger, Pauli, Meitner and Lorenz, to name just a few.   The place is just packed with the … Continue reading →