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But the longer I stared at it, the less comprehensible the creature became. The more it became something alien to me, the more I had a sense that I knew nothing at all—about nature, about ecosystems. There was something about my mood and its dark glow that eclipsed sense, that made me see this creature, which had indeed been assigned a place in the
... See moreJeff VanderMeer • Annihilation: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy)
Archaeothyris—meaning “ancient window”—to highlight the most important feature of this animal: its large, portholelike opening behind its eye, which housed larger and more powerful jaw-closing muscles than its ancestors.
Steve Brusatte • The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Darwin, Charles. Voyage of the Beagle. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2002.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
The premise of this book is that we need to reinvent ourselves as a species. The body of this book is my attempt to explain how.
