Nabokov’s two apparently disparate careers therefore find their common ground on the most distinctive feature of his unusual intellect and uncanny skill — the almost obsessive attention to meticulous and accurate detail that served both his literary productions and his taxonomic descriptions so well, and that defined his uncompromising commitment to factuality as both a principle of morality and a guarantor and primary guide to aesthetic quality.
For Vladimir Nabokov’s birthday, the great Stephen Jay Gould on what the famous author’s butterfly studies reveal about the unity of human creativity – one of the best science essays ever written.
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