Cambridge University

Friday, October 22nd, our Biology class had a field trip to Cambridge University. It's such a beautiful University. I felt so asstute and academic walking around the bicycle filled streets. Our first stop was the famous Cavendish Laboratory, where world renowned scientists did their research. One of the most famous being Watson and Crick who discovered the double helix structure of DNA. There are
so many scientific relics filling the halls where students pass by everyday. I'm sure that some don't even realize what priceless items lay in those wooden cabinets.

I couldn't help but laugh when the tour guide was explaining how scientists discovered things that did not previously exist -- it just seemed so beyond my level of thought to think of the unthinkable. Purely astounding that someone could create a device to detect neutrons - something with no charge!

Then we went to The Eagle, a pub in Cambridge where Watson and Crick visited frequently. It was at this pub, in 1953, that they came in and announced that they had discovered the secret of life.

At risk of boring you with more biology and chemistry things, I will move on to our next stop. Next we visited King's College Chapel. It's a beautiful church. We have seen a lot of church's though..

Then we visited Trinity College, where Issac Newton studied.

Interestingly enough, Newton is actually from Grantham. (We visited his childhood home at an earlier time). As a matter of fact, we actually ran into Newton while we were there.

Our day trip was really nice. I enjoyed the afternoon spent at Cambridge. Overall, this field trip was not only a sight seeing adventure, but a time to put ourselves in the shoes of the scientists we are studying, and see what they saw, and experience what they experienced.