What are “malacomorphs”? Well, “malakos” in Greek means literally “soft”, but it’s also by analogy how we scientifically call mollusks, including snails: malacology, for example, is the study of mollusks. So “malacomorphs” are snail-creatures. For some reason that even most specialists don’t know, many manuscripts have in their corners little illustrations of snails and other…
Author: Tom
Reading on paper, reading on screens
We spend several hours each day looking at screens. Most of what we read, for work or for leisure – reports, student essays, blogs, newspapers – now we read on a screen. But reading on a screen is less conducive to concentration than reading on paper. At least, that’s what a recent study from 2019…
We love books. And you?
Some people love ice cream. Some people love video games. Some people love alcohol and drugs. We love books. Well, I know I do. I grew up surrounded by a large collection of books and by my dad’s full set of twenty volumes of the original Encyclopedia Britannica. It was my Google. There was no…