During the 1940s, American writer John Steinbeck (definitely better known for writing The Red Pony, The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men)
went on a scientific expedition on the Sea of Cortez (aka the Gulf of California) with his friend Ed Ricketts, where they collected marine biological specimens.
The result, a book called The Log from the Sea of Cortez is a fine example of science writing at its best, thoughtful and literate.
The result, a book called The Log from the Sea of Cortez is a fine example of science writing at its best, thoughtful and literate.
"The literature of science is filled with answers found when the question propounded had an entirely different direction and end." (John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts 1951)
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