The Honeybee

From the book Birds and Bees by John Burroughs, here are a few excerpts describing honeybees, transcribed in Anniversary Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-honeybee.pdf

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The Lantern-Bearers

Here is an excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1888 essay The Lantern-Bearers, in which he describes the “sport” of “lantern-bearing” practiced by him in his youth. I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-lantern-bearers.pdf

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Galileo Galilei: “But It Does Move”

One of the greatest scientists of all time, Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei lived during the 16th and 17th centuries. His scientific contributions have a profound impact in modern science, not only because of his specific discoveries in physics and astronomy, but by the methodical way he approached his research, forming the basis of…

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Archimedes: “I Can Move the World”

Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, who lived during the third century B.C. In this essay by the Russian-born American scientist Isaac Asimov from his book Breakthroughs in Science, he talks about the life and achievements of Archimedes. I transcribed in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: archimedes-I-can-move-the-world.pdf

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