Professional and critical reviews Professional / Critical Reviews Biotechnology 2013 RUSA Book and Media Award, the "highest award or honor for academic reference books and media." American Library... Read more about Professional and critical reviews
Selected essays, editorials, and reporting The following abstracts are samples from a portfolio of published essays, editorials, and reporting. In many cases full text versions and supplemental materials are available via K. Lee Lerner's 'Taking Bearings' site at Harvard Blogs (blogs.harvard.edu/kleelerner) and/or via Academia at harvard.academia.edu/KLeeLerner. Draft preprints are also available via ResearchGate at ... Read more about Selected essays, editorials, and reporting
Nature writes stories… (Gulf Islands National Seashore) Nature writes storiesWe watch and listen closelyScience becomes art Gulf Islands National Seashore, Perdido Key, FloridaPhoto and content by K.... Read more about Nature writes stories… (Gulf Islands National Seashore)
Sweet nectar of Spring…(bees, flowers, pollination) Sweet nectar of SpringIn earnest, I search for theeAll for my honey ... Read more about Sweet nectar of Spring…(bees, flowers, pollination)
The most ancient clock… (Monarch Butterflies) The most ancient clockNature's seasonal journeyMonarch butterflies A late season Monarch Butterfly takes on nectar from late-blooming verbena.... Read more about The most ancient clock… (Monarch Butterflies)
The estuary… (brackish ecosystem) The estuary,a brackish ecosystem,shelters and nurturesfish, shellfish, and crustaceansFirst light on Christmas morning Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research... Read more about The estuary… (brackish ecosystem)
Millikan's oil drop… (Millikan's oil drop experiment, electron charge) Millikan's oil dropmeasured the electron's chargehovering mid-airsuspended between charged plateslike our Sun 'twixt day and night ... Read more about Millikan's oil drop… (Millikan's oil drop experiment, electron charge)
Light interference… (wave particle duality) Light interferencerevealed light's dualityParticle or wavedepends on how you measureshowed Thomas Young's double slits Light is what it isDuality is our crutchin quantum theory ... Read more about Light interference… (wave particle duality)
Sir Isaac Newton… (prisms reveal complex light) Sir Isaac Newtonshowed Aristotle's white lightpassed through a prismrevealed a rainbow spectrumProving it complex, not pure ... Read more about Sir Isaac Newton… (prisms reveal complex light)