Field notes on science & nature
By: edited by Michael R. Canfield
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780674057579
Subjects: Natural history; Biology; Fieldwork; Note-taking
Other titles: Field notes on science and nature
Description: Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their natural habitat, this book allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Edward O. Wilson; title: Introduction / Michael R. Canfield; title: The pleasure of observing / George B. Schaller; title: Untangling the bank / Bernd Heinrich; title: One and a half cheers for list-keeping / Kenn Kaufman; title: A reflection of the truth / Roger Kitching; title: Linking researchers across generations / Anna K. Behrensmeyer; title: The spoken and the unspoken / Karen L. Kramer; title: In the eye of the beholder / Jonathan Kingdon; title: Why sketch? / Jenny Keller; title: The evolution and fate of botanical field books / James L. Reveal; title: Note-taking for pencilophobes / Piotr Naskrecki; title: Letters to the future / John D. Perrine and James L. Patton; title: Why keep a field notebook? / Erick Greene.