The Museum of Science in Boston is paying tribute to city native Leonard Nimoy with a 6m sculpture shaped like Mr Spock's split-fingered "live long and prosper" hand gesture, the museum and the late Star Trek actor's family announced recently. The stainless steel monument, designed by artist David Phillips, will be placed in front of the museum. The announcement was made on the same day former Mayor Marty Walsh proclaimed Leonard Nimoy Day in the city. "The ‘live long and prosper’ symbol represents a message that my dad believed so strongly in, ” his daughter, Julie Nimoy, said in a statement. The idea for the half-human, half-Vulcan's hand gesture originated from Nimoy himself, who was inspired by an ancient blessing he saw in his synagogue as a youth, the museum said.

Source: The Star March 27, 2021 10:52 UTC