Harvard's collection of scientists' field notes

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Ever wonder what naturalists, geologists, and other scientists who do observational work in the field are writing down in those ubiquitous, little notebooks? Harvard has published a collection called Field Notes on Science and Nature, that compiles the drawings, notes, and even specimens that fill the pages of scientists' field books—along with essays where the scientists who took the notes discuss their approach to note-taking and the "whys" behind the things that captured their attention.