Over the past few years I've gotten into the habit of writing down thoughts and ideas about research projects I'm working on (or want to work on) in a notebook. When I started graduate school, I ...

Notebooks are the fundamental similarity between all scientists. I am utterly in love with this 1880s notebook by Henry M. Cadell, a work of science and art recording his observations and experiments ...

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Designed to withstand rain, spills, pressure, and everyday chaos, this carbon fiber notebook challenges what a notebook should be. Most notebooks are designed for perfect conditions. Clean desks. Dry ...

Charles Darwin set the standard in "Voyage of the Beagle," recounting his five years sailing around the world in the 1830s. In meticulous detail, he recorded the flora, fauna and geology. Like many ...

Observing without intention and without a grid arouses interest and curiosity, but rarely contributes to developing learning. For centuries, scientists have taken notes of their observations, in ...