{"product_id":"the-universe-in-verse-15-portals-to-wonder-through-science-poetry","title":"The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science \u0026 Poetry","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMaria Popova thinks and writes about our search for meaning--sometimes through science and philosophy, sometimes through poetry and children's books, always through the lens of wonder. She is the creator of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Marginalian, \u003c\/i\u003eborn in 2006 under the outgrown name \n\u003ci\u003eBrain Pickings\u003c\/i\u003e and included in the Library of Congress permanent digital archive of culturally valuable materials, author of \n\u003ci\u003eFiguring \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eThe Snail with the Right Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and maker of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Universe in Verse\u003c\/i\u003e--a charitable celebration of the wonder of reality through stories of science winged with poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This book is a wonder. Science writing so often negates the inherent wonder of science, which comes so brilliantly alive here. Something bursts open in the mind. And let me say this: Maria Popova has the rare gift of starting a sentence and leaving you in trance by its end. I'd read anything she writes.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJad Abumrad, creator, Radiolab\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA feast of stories, ideas, and beauty for the mind and heart.-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWith creativity, verve, and intention, Popova, erudite and clarion, beautifully accomplishes her mission to inspire wonder.-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA rigorous, interdisciplinary delight.-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKara Lewis, Read Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLike the phenomena described, this slender volume is a wonder.-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLuminous ... The essays and poetry reflect and refract one another to create a dialogue--sometimes wildly abstract, sometimes quietly witty--that will shed new light on 'the beauty in reality laid bare.'\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoetry, Science, and the Cosmos of the Possible \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Singularity and Our Elemental Belonging\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSingularity (after Stephen Hawking) \u003c\/i\u003eby Marie Howe \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFlowers and the Birth of Ecology\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBloom \u003c\/i\u003eby Emily Dickinson \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEntropy and the Art of Alternative Endings\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe More Loving One\u003c\/i\u003e by W.H. Auden \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHenrietta Leavitt, Edwin Hubble, and Our Hunger to Know the Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e From \n\u003ci\u003eMy God, It's Full of Stars \u003c\/i\u003eby Tracy K. Smith \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDark Matter and Our Yearning for Light\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLet There Always Be Light \u003c\/i\u003eby Rebecca Elson \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmily Noether, Symmetry, and the Hidden Order of Things\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFigures of Thought \u003c\/i\u003eby Howard Nemerov \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTrees and the Optimism of Resilience\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOptimism\u003c\/i\u003e by Jane Hirshfield \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePi and the Seductions of Infinity\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePi\u003c\/i\u003e by Wislawa Szymborska, translated by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEuclid and the Dazzling Beauty of Universal Truth\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEuclid Alone Has Looked on Beauty Bare \u003c\/i\u003eby Edna St. Vincent Millay \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRadioactivity and the Mystery of Matter\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePower\u003c\/i\u003e by Adrienne Rich \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Octopus and the Unknown\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eImpossible Blues\u003c\/i\u003e by Maria Popova \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis Mote of Matter\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Brave and Startling Truth\u003c\/i\u003e by Maya Angelou \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Search for Life\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWe Are Listening\u003c\/i\u003e by Diane Ackerman \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMushrooms and the Creative Spirit\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e Mushrooms\u003c\/i\u003e by Sylvia Plath \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSingularity Squared\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSingularity (after Marie Howe) \u003c\/i\u003eby Marissa Davis \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acknowledgments \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIn this book of illustrated essays, Maria Popova, creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Marginalian\u003c\/i\u003e, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Poetry and science,\" as Popova writes in her introduction, \"are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it more deeply.\" In 15 short essays on subjects ranging from the mystery of dark matter and the infinity of pi to the resilience of trees and the intelligence of octopuses, Popova tells the stories of scientific searching and discovery. These stories are interwoven with details from the very real and human lives of scientists--many of them women, many underrecognized--and poets inspired by the same questions and the beauty they reveal. Each essay is paired with a poem reflecting its subject by poets ranging from Emily Dickinson, W. H. Auden, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to Maya Angelou, Diane Ackerman, and Tracy K. Smith, and is stunningly illustrated by celebrated artist Ofra Amit. Together, they wake us to a \"reality aglow with wonder.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/01\/2024 (EAN 9781635868838, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/15\/2024 pg. 9 (EAN 9781635868838, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/18\/2024 (EAN 9781635868838, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Popova, Maria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Storey Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2024-10-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Science|Essays|Nature|Essays|Poetry|Subjects \u0026amp; Themes|Animals \u0026amp; Nature|Literary Criticism|Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Literature and science|Science|Essays|Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635868838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781635868838\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154149998870,"sku":"SP-9781635868838","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781635868838_spiral.png?v=1774934716","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-universe-in-verse-15-portals-to-wonder-through-science-poetry","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}