Three Covers. Three Windows into Deep Time.
Before equations, before laboratories, before written language itself, there was the Earth - and our first attempts to understand it.
Volume III: Ancient Earth is about deep time: the long human effort to read the planet’s memory, layer by layer, fossil by fossil, artifact by artifact.
This pocket notebook set brings together three disciplines that look backward in order to explain the present. Inside each notebook are carefully selected extracts and illustrations from the original works that defined archaeology, paleontology, and geology - from ancient coins and cave paintings to early fossil drawings and the first evidence that continents move.
We made this volume for people who are drawn to origins. To ruins, strata, and traces. To the idea that every landscape holds a story, if you know how to read it.
The cover draws from the visual language of excavation and discovery: weathered textures, fragmentary forms, and symbols pulled from across human history.
Inside are reproductions inspired by artifacts spanning millennia - coins bearing Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, early cave paintings, and material from Ancient Egypt and Greece.
It’s a notebook shaped by the human impulse to leave marks behind and to find meaning in them.
A muted earth-toned cover echoes fossil beds and sediment layers, with delicate linework inspired by early scientific illustration.
The cover contains excerpts from the pioneering work of Mary Anning, Othniel Charles Marsh, and Richard Owen; the figures who helped transform scattered bones into the science of ancient life.
It’s a quiet tribute to patience, observation, and the stories locked in stone.
The geology cover reflects motion and force: fractured lines, shifting forms, and subtle references to seismic activity.
Featuring extracts from the work of Alfred Wegener, along with early seismograph records from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and illustrations from landmark geological publications.
This notebook is about scale - of time, of pressure, of change that happens whether we notice it or not.
A6 (4.1 x 5.8") - perfect for your pocket48 pages of 80gsm premium white paper7mm lined. Handmade in the UKThree A6 notebooks (4.1 x 5.8")
48 pages 7mm lined
Flexicover
80 gsm premium white paper
Handmade in the UK
Designed and handmade in the UK, with beautiful hand-drawn images and text from a variety of historical sources our pocket notebook is perfect for on-the-go notes whenever inspiration strikes.
Perfect to buy for yourself or as a gift for someone special.
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Please note that international buyers are responsible for any import duties and taxes (see below for more details) and that values may differ slightly due to currency changes.
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Delays
Due to the nature of international shipping delays are occasionally known to happen if a parcel is held at customs. We kindly ask you to be patient if your parcel is delayed. Please contact us at info@atomstoastronauts.com if the delay is longer than two weeks.
Packaging:
All our paper packaging is sourced from sustainably managed forests. All packaging including tape and box filler is fully recyclable (the packing peanuts are made of starch and can be treated as food waste) with the exception of the customs declaration plastic envelope for international orders.
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We believe the things you carry should respect the things you care about. So these notebooks are made in the UK, reducing their carbon footprint while supporting local manufacturing
Inside, you’ll find 7mm lined paper - wide enough for free-flowing thoughts, structured enough for neat calculations. The 80gsm paper resists most pen bleed-through, so you can use your favourite ink without fear.
Everything about these notebooks was intentional. The corners are rounded to slip easily into pockets or bags without snagging, the size, the feel, the quiet durability. They’re not disposable - they’re companions.
I'm a chemistry teacher and during lockdown I wanted to design a notebook for myself that reflected my passion for science.
Then my friends asked for one. Then friends of friends. Then dozens of people I didn't know.
Since then we’ve sold over 30,000 notebooks which we're proud to say are made entirely in the UK and are of the highest quality - I'm confident you'll love writing in them.
Thanks for reading and please message if you’ve any questions,
Damian
