Scientists

P.S. Take Naturalist Notes Like Thoreau!

"in Wildness is the preservation of the world"

Apr 24 •

Carl Linnaeus's Note-Taking Innovations

"I do not recommend drawings . . . in fact, I absolutely reject them"

Mar 10 •

Re-Noted: Carl Jung's Midlife-Crisis Notebooks

"I had the feeling--this is mythology!"

Nov 11, 2024 •

P.S. Jane Goodall's Chimpanzee Notes

"I started with paper, pencil and binoculars."

Apr 25, 2024 •

3 Ways to Keep a Naturalist's Notebook

"In a picture you only take a part of the view; but in nature the whole..."

Apr 22, 2024 •

P.S. The Three-Body Problem's Silent Spring

"…four decades later, in her last moments, Ye Wenjie would recall the influence Silent Spring had on her life"

Apr 18, 2024 •

Rachel Carson's Field Notes for Silent Spring

“In nature nothing exists alone.”

Apr 15, 2024 •

P.S. Kinsey's Punched Cards

"This new equipment is a godsend ..."

Mar 14, 2024 •

Newton's Alchemy Notes

"☉ ☽ ♂ ♃ ☿"

Jul 13, 2023 •

Newton's Eccentric Experiment Notes

"Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians…"

Jul 10, 2023 •

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