Book contents
- Curious About Nature
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Curious About Nature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Part I Getting Curious About Nature
- Part II Essays: Inspiring Fieldwork
- Part III Reflections and Where Next for Field Studies
- 51 Epilogue: Inspiring, Curious and Novel Fieldwork
- Contributing Author Biographies
- Index
- References
51 - Epilogue: Inspiring, Curious and Novel Fieldwork
from Part III - Reflections and Where Next for Field Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2020
Book contents
- Curious About Nature
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Curious About Nature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Part I Getting Curious About Nature
- Part II Essays: Inspiring Fieldwork
- Part III Reflections and Where Next for Field Studies
- 51 Epilogue: Inspiring, Curious and Novel Fieldwork
- Contributing Author Biographies
- Index
- References
Summary
Arguably, Thursday 1st July 1858 is the most significant date in the annals of field studies, and quite possibly for science. At the Linnean Society of London, in front of an audience of barely 30 people, two papers were read by the Society’s Secretary, John Joseph Bennett. One was written by Alfred Russel Wallace, and the other by Charles Darwin; both authors were absent – Darwin at the funeral of his tenth and last child, Charles Waring, and Wallace on an expedition in Borneo.
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- Curious about NatureA Passion for Fieldwork, pp. 365 - 376Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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