Sam Illingworth

A sonnet to science (eBook, ePUB)

Scientists and their poetry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A sonnet to science presents an account of six ground-breaking scientists who also wrote poetry, and the effect that this had on their lives and research. How was the universal computer inspired by Lord Byron? Why was the link between malaria and mosquitos first captured in the form of a poem? Who did Humphry Davy consider to be an 'illiterate pirate'? Written by leading science communicator and scientific poet Dr Sam Illingworth, A sonnet to science presents an aspirational account of how these two disciplines can work together, and in so doing aims to inspire both current and future generations of scientists and poets that these worlds are not mutually exclusive, but rather complementary in nature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526127990
• Artikelnr.: 57473495

Autorenporträt

Sam Illingworth is a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the University of Western Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 The romantic scientist: Humphry Davy (1778
1829) 2 The metaphysical poet: Ada Lovelace (1815
52) 3 The lyrical visionary: James Clerk Maxwell (1831
79) 4 The medical metrist: Ronald Ross (1857
1932) 5 The reluctant poet: Miroslav Holub (1923
98) 6 The poetic pioneer: Rebecca Elson (1960
99) Epilogue Index