Author Archives: Connor Enright

The Who and the How In preparatory discussions for these blogs, fellow writer and activist Meg Watts forwarded me an insightful passage from ‘An interview with Benjamin Myers’, in the counterculture zine ‘Weird Walk’: “’Wild’, [my neighbour] told me, wasn’t a useful term. He pointed to a small cluster of trees a half-mile away: ‘LeftContinue reading “A Soapbox and a Landscape #2”

All life is changing the landscapes it inhabits, and humanity is no different. Look no further than dramatic examples of Yellowstone National Park, following the reintroduction of wolves (Hyperlink 1), or the any of countless landslides linked to land-use change. This anthropogenic landscape change, through Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use, currently contributes just underContinue reading “A Soapbox and a Landscape”

Reading Asimov, it is clear the discourse between the literary and scientific disciplines is thick with tradition… … for instance, founding empiricists such as Robert Boyle utilised literary techniques to develop and engage the public’s role as “virtual witnesses” (Hyperlink 2) whilst demonstrating the character of the author as modest and reliable. Samsung exemplified theContinue reading “Asimov and the Integrated Narrative”

“[…] the dayfly (ephémeron) moves with four feet and four wings; […] exceptional not only in regard to the duration of its existence, whence it receives its name, a quadruped it has wings also.“ — Aristotle (the famous one!), History of Animals 490a–b. Sometimes it is hardest to objectively consider the topics that are closest toContinue reading “The arguments of Hobbes and Boyle: The example of Aristotle and the four-legged mayfly”

My name is Connor Enright, and here are a few things you should know about me: I have always wanted to be a scientist, first a naturalist, then a physicist, and now a generalist. I study Natural Sciences, an interdisciplinary science subject at UEA, and have transistioned from a physical chemistry background to look moreContinue reading “The Author”