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Otherworldly beauty from the world’s first encyclopedia of jellyfish — the moving story of how Ernst Haeckel (who coined the word "ecology") turned his profound personal tragedy into transcendent art advancing science: https://t.co/0B8GP1lePt
For a moment of reprieve from the terrors of our moment and our species, savor these stunning and sensual 19th-century squid and octopus illustrations from the world's first encyclopedia of deep-sea cephalopods https://t.co/TDXn0DSzIO
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”
A century and a half ago, in the midst of war and epidemic, John Muir wrote so beautifully about the transcendent interconnectedness of the universe: https://t.co/bOBze89ic2
Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a toddler to feed. So she turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants https://t.co/QmWdejsYL1 #InternationalWomensDay
Until the end of the 19th century, scientists believed life couldn't exist below 300 fathoms. Then one pioneering expedition found strange and wondrous creatures in the deep. Here they are illustrated, the world's first encyclopedia of deep-sea cephalopods https://t.co/TDXn0DSzIO
Cephalopod Atlas – stunning, strangely sensual illustrations from the world's first encyclopedia of octopus and squid wonders from the ocean depths https://t.co/TDXn0EaaAm
The science of why the #LeapDay exists, and a poem about why it merits delighting in https://t.co/kQJhha5bhM
Against Self-Criticism – fascinating read on how our internal critics enslave us and how to break free of the Stockholm syndrome of the superego https://t.co/GVuMpKyS2i
Auden, born on this day in 1907, on writing, originality, self-doubt, and how to be a good reader https://t.co/M6fx0urVRb
Over the Rooftops, Under the Moon – a lyrical illustrated meditation on loneliness, otherness, and the joy of finally finding your belonging https://t.co/MmqqwVU3SA