Science Is Not Tadash's Only Love

Tadash was a practising philologist at one time. He also loves languages, and taught himself ten different languages in an earlier life. The idea that the bottom of the slinky could just hover in space without moving for quite a perceptible length of time came as a shock to him. But through his work we see that it's right there in science too, that nature itself can produce those same feelings of surprise and pleasure. It's called science a. Walked right into that one.