Category Archives: Books & Literature

Pippi Longstocking’s Creator, Astrid Lindgren

Other than the benefits of parental love, I cannot think of anything more valuable to a child than to fall in love with a book, or a character in the book, or the book’s author. Love of the author will … Continue reading

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The Umwelt Confounds Scientific Taxonomy

Don’t worry—the heading for today’s article will be made clear, thanks to the superlative writing and expertise of Carol Kaesuk Yoon, author of Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science. First, the umwelt: … a German word that means … Continue reading

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