The vindication of Nabokov’s ‘morphological instincts’ is less surprising to those who have studiied Stephen Blackwell’s The Quill and the Scalpel! Chapter 1, in particular, devotes many pages to VN the lepidopterist, and the relative pros and cons of assessing morphological and DNA evidence. Good science sees them as complementary.
It may be worth stressing that in the long, rocky road known as the History of Science, the term Amateur should never be taken in derogatory opposition to Professional. “By their deeds shall we know them ... “
On 29/01/2011 14:54, "Sandy P. Klein" <spklein52@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
http://blog.loa.org/2011/01/vladimir-nabokovs-butterfly-studies.html
Friday, January 28, 2011
Vladimir Nabokov’s butterfly studies bring together two cultures <http://blog.loa.org/2011/01/vladimir-nabokovs-butterfly-studies.html>