The Historian and the Dodo
Peter Cotgreave explains how modern scientists can use their predecessors' data.
I seem to be unusual among my colleagues in being a professional biologist who also has a deep interest in history. The arts and the sciences are often treated as quite separate disciplines, which perhaps have little to teach one another: but my experience is that a greater historical awareness might be of considerable use to the biologist.
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