Posts Tagged ‘nature and science’
The Ecology of Belonging: Eugenius Warming and the Hidden Life of Plant Communities
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 3, 1841 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Eugenius Warming, a Danish botanist whose pioneering work laid the cornerstone for the modern science of ecology. Though the term…
Read MoreJohn Tyndall: The Scientist Who Explained Why the Sky Is Blue
Why the Sky Turns Blue December 4, 1893 Today is the anniversary of the death of the Irish experimental physicist John Tyndall. In 1859, John discovered the link between atmospheric CO2 and what we call the Greenhouse effect. And Although John was often attributed as the first person to discover the Greenhouse effect, today we…
Read MoreCecelia Payne’s White Stone Days: Stars, Orchids, and the Thrill of Discovery
Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin May 10, 1900 On this day, a girl was born in Wendover, England, whose curiosity would one day outshine…
Read MoreCharles Townes: When Scientific Brilliance Met Spring’s Beauty
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 26, 1951 On this day, dear lovers of gardens and innovation alike, we celebrate a moment when the beauty of nature sparked a revolution in science. It was on this spring morning…
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