What Natural History argues
- Natural history records the world before it becomes an equation.
- It is the long form of attention: description, collection, encounter.
Primary works in Natural History (10)
- John James Audubon — The Birds of America (1827–1838) — Book · read the full text
- Henry Walter Bates — The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863) — Book · read the full text
- Gilbert White — The Natural History of Selborne (1789) — Book · read the full text
- Edward Topsell — The History of Four-Footed Beasts (1607) — Book · read the full text
- Pliny the Elder — Natural History (77–79 CE) — Book · read the full text
- Alexander von Humboldt — Personal Narrative of Travels (1814) — Book · read the full text
- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon — Natural History (1749–1788) — Book · read the full text
- Georges Cuvier — The Animal Kingdom (1817) — Book · read the full text
- Shen Kuo — Dream Pool Essays (夢溪筆談) (1088 CE) — Book · read the full text
- Jean-Henri Fabre — Souvenirs Entomologiques (Insect Life) (1879–1907) — Book · read the full text