Scientists are not well known as communicators but a
memorable few have mastered both fields – Aldo Leopold, Rachel
Carson and E.O. Wilson, for example. The University of Nevada at
Reno will pay tribute over the next seven months to similar
contemporary scientists through a series of free public readings
and discussions titled Literary Natural History: Scientists and
Artists. The series, which runs October through April, includes
columnist David Quammen; Richard K. Nelson, an anthropologist who
has studied Alaskan hunting cultures; Louise B. Young, a
geophysicist who worked in a radiation lab during World War II; and
ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan. For more information, contact Scott
Slovic, Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities, University of
Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
(702/784-8015).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Literary natural history.
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