Memories of Science

 Science fascinated me when I was young. I wanted to understand how the universe worked, what made things tick, where everything came from. I also enjoyed making things, especially books and small toys. I lost the academic thread of science somewhere between physics and calculus but I sublimated my scientific desires into the making of artist’s books. This book, which I originally wrote in 1996, recalls in verse my experiences as a young scientist: the early lure of bugs, the shining world of astronomy, experiments in magnetism and the electric motor, and biology with its seductive taxonomy.

Text and illustrations by Dorothy A. Yule Star maps illustration by Susan Hunt Yule; Music on accompanying mini-CD (text of book set to music): Doug Yule; Music performance by Big Red Dog: Doug Yule, Tom Collicott, Cary Lung, Dan Yule;

Ed Rachles made a video about the making of this book: