4. A Reflection of the Truth

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Foreword viii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Pleasure of Observing 19
6. 2. Untangling the Bank 33
7. 3. One and a Half Cheers for List-Keeping 49
8. 4. A Reflection of the Truth 67
9. 5. Linking Researchers across Generations 89
10. 6. The Spoken and the Unspoken 109
11. 7. In the Eye of the Beholder 129
12. 8. Why Sketch? 161
13. 9. The Evolution and Fate of Botanical Field Books 187
14. 10. Note-Taking for Pencilophobes 201
15. 11. Letters to the Future 211
16. 12. Why Keep a Field Notebook? 251
17. Notes 277
18. Acknowledgments 285
19. Contributors 289
20. Index 293