The Essay - The Scientist and the Romantic
Nature writer Richard Mabey discusses on his lifelong relationship with science and the natural environment
The Essay - The Scientist and the Romantic - The Greenhouse and the Field
Nature writer Richard Mabey talks about his first laboratory - his father's greenhouse in his garden. It led him on a path which was to inform the rest of his life exploring nature.
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The Essay - The Scientist and the Romantic - The Lens and the Lichen
Nature writer Richard Mabey discusses how a lens can enhance or distort our view of the natural world.
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The Essay - The Scientist and the Romantic - The Map and the Word
Nature writer Richard Mabey asks whether a sense of direction should be considered a sixth sense.
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The Essay - The Scientist and the Romantic - The Songbird and the Sol-Fa
Nature writer Richard Mabey considers how poets, ornithologists and composers have attempted to analyse and understand why birds sing.
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The Essay - The Scientist and the Romantic - The Stinkhorn and the Perfumier
Nature writer Richard Mabey discusses connections between scent and memory and how we're informed of our love affairs and hey-days by the scents carried on the wind.
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