TY  - BOOK
AU  - Popova,Maria
AU  - ʻAmit,ʻOfrah
TI  - The universe in verse: 15 portals to wonder through science & poetry 
SN  - 9781635868838
U1  - 811.00936 POP 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - North Adams, MA
PB  - Storey Publishing
KW  - Literature and science
KW  - Science
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Essays
KW  - lcgft
N2  - "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. 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"--
ER  -