"Everything is so close at hand, & being cramped, make one so methodical, that in the end I have been a gainer" -Charles Darwin, letter to his father, 1 March 1832
I suspect, with Darwin's financial heritage, he was not hurting for space. But aboard the Beagle, space was at a premium and forced Darwin to be organized and this he carried into his later days at home as an experimenter.
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WEBS went really well yesterday. Fifty girls came by to dissect owl pellets. Skulls were used to identify prey items and I asked them to put the rest of the bones in order and draw them. That part went less well overall although several girls did great. Some teachers were involved others sat and texted or checked sport scores.. or whatever.
Today's a busy day; need to write a lecture for noon, give a guest lecture about coffee and birds, work on a report, and submit a mentoring grant. Yup.
"Everything is so close at hand, & being cramped, make one so methodical, that in the end I have been a gainer" -Charles Darwin, letter to his father, 1 March 1832
I suspect, with Darwin's financial heritage, he was not hurting for space. But aboard the Beagle, space was at a premium and forced Darwin to be organized and this he carried into his later days at home as an experimenter.
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