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Even the greatest scientists cannot avoid making mistakes, but these mistakes may not simply end in failure. Incorrect ideas or claims can sometimes have positive effects. From "Brilliant Blunders," learn about the "blunders" of genius scientists and their unexpected "contributions."

Galois, who single-handedly created "group theory" essential to modern mathematics, died at the young age of 20 in a duel. From "ガロア　天才数学者の生涯(Galois Life of a Genius Mathematician)," we can learn about what his life was like, what led him to become interested in math, and how incredible misfortune changed the course of his life.

The movie "The Booksellers" portrays people who hunt the vast world of books like hunters and have an abnormal obsession with their favorite books. Real-life rare book collectors talk about their love for books, discover new values, educate the next generation, and learn how to confront the threat of the internet.

When the Hong Kong democracy movement is reported in Japan, Agnes Chow Ting is often mentioned, but there is a person in Hong Kong who was recognized as a symbolic figure of the democracy movement before her. The main character of the movie "Denise Ho: Becoming the Song" is a star singer whose tumultuous life we can learn about.

I feel that people who are unable to use others' abilities due to prejudice and discrimination are incompetent. Such people probably still exist in modern society. The movie "Hidden Figures," which depicts a black woman working at NASA during the competition with the Soviet Union in manned spaceflight, makes us think about the path to a society without prejudice and discrimination.

From "The Viking in the Wheat Field," which portrays the life of the legendary botanist Skovmand who accurately predicted the risks that "agriculture" would face in a globalized world and established "Gene Bank" as a countermeasure, we can learn how we are living in a fragile world and how "world food" is being protected.