The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry -- Maria Popova, Hardcover Martin Pope School Library Journal 07/22/2002

School Library Journal 07/22/2002

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The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry -- Maria Popova, Hardcover Martin Pope School Library Journal 07/22/2002In this book of illustrated essays, Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry. 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