The question after this book was: How do you become a scientist?
Answer: Lots of walking and thinking.
We talked about how it is good sometimes to be a little bored. When we are bored, if we don't turn on a screen, we have time to think. We can think of questions and sometimes we might even think of answers.
It's called the Four Pebble Problem because they use pebbles to keep track of how many times they've wandered around their path, thinking. Good read after just reading Slow Productivity!
Goodreads says:
Etty Darwin and her famous father go for a walk to ponder life, science . . . and fairies! Inspired by the real-life daughter of Charles Darwin.
Etty loves make-believe.
Her dad loves science.
Etty believes in fairies.
Her dad would need to see some proof that they exist.
But they both love nature, conversation and each other.
A gorgeous rumination on belief and imagination featuring Henrietta (Etty) Darwin and her famous father, Charles. Etty went on to become a valued and keen editor of Charles's work and a thoughtful and intellectual being in her own right. This imagined conversation between Etty and Charles as they stroll around Charles's real-life thinking track explores their close relationship and shows that even science is nothing without an open mind and imagination.
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