![]() ![]() In 1962, Rachel Carson's ecological manifesto Silent Spring was a deciding factor in banning DDT. In the early 20th century, Sioux author Zitkala-Ša wrote landscapes intertwined with the personal, which became a model for the form. By the ninth century, al-Jahiz's multi-volume History of Animals combined zoological folklore with scientific observation, including theories of natural selection. We've been curious about the natural world since before recorded time the history of naturalism is human history. Nearly 2000 years later, Carl Sagan did the same in Cosmos, condensing astronomy to its component parts: facts and wonder. The attempt to ground the unknown within the familiar - and the editorial aside of "otherwise" - cuts to the heart of naturalist writing. It displayed the five colors, both pleasing and otherwise." ![]() Among more detached details of its appearance, there is this: "It was like a large bamboo mat. ![]() In 185 AD, Chinese astronomers recorded a supernova. ![]() "In every generation and among every nation, there are a few individuals with the desire to study the workings of nature if they did not exist, those nations would perish." Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Landmarks Author Robert Macfarlane ![]()
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