When we think of science, we often picture arcane quests after minutiae, or efforts to explain underlying principles. But it's amazing that in a civilization as complex as ours, we are still engaged in Adam's task, the naming of animals.


The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds, Insect Love (p. 160), Vintage Books. 1997

Diane Ackerman Quotes

When we think of science, we often picture arcane quests after minutiae, or efforts to explain underlying principles. But it's amazing that in a...

When we think of science, we often picture arcane quests after minutiae, or efforts to explain underlying principles. But it's amazing that in a...

When we think of science, we often picture arcane quests after minutiae, or efforts to explain underlying principles. But it's amazing that in a...

When we think of science, we often picture arcane quests after minutiae, or efforts to explain underlying principles. But it's amazing that in a...