Bøker av Maria Popova

A history of women who have changed our understanding of the universe, from the creator of Brain Pickings

"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"--

Celebrating science and the poetry of existence, this is a true story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death-all made more accessible to the young imagination in the concrete, finite life of one tiny snail named Jeremy.