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A Sonnet to Science: Scientists and Their Poetry

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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 ...

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A Sonnet to Science: Scientists and Their Poetry 2020, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9781526152268

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A Sonnet to Science: Scientists and Their Poetry 2019, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9781526127983

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