Science on the wild side

摘要

RETURNING from fieldwork in Tasmania, I was thrilled to find this book on my desk. Field Notes on Science and Nature celebrates the phenomenon that is the field journal, a fundamental tool for scientific research in the wilds. This compendium comprises essays written by renowned scientists like mammalogists George Schaller and Jonathan Kingdon, and plant biologist James L. Reveal. Based on their own j'ournals, and replete with illustrations lifted straight from their field notes, the essays not only provide an insight into the minds of world-class researchers but also address broader questions about the function and meaning of the field journal.