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The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
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Description for The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
Hardcover. A meeting of great minds at the intersection of the arts and sciences Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; PDA; PSAJ; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
World Literature Today Editor's Pick "Enchanting...The Poetic Species is a wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating." --MARIA POPOVA, Brain Pickings In this shimmering conversation (the outgrowth of an event co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and Poets House), Edward O. Wilson, renowned scientist and proponent of "consilience" or the unity of knowledge, finds an ardent interlocutor in Robert Hass, whose credo as United States poet laureate was "imagination makes communities." As they explore the many ways that poetry and science enhance each other, they travel from anthills to ancient Egypt and to the ... Read more
World Literature Today Editor's Pick "Enchanting...The Poetic Species is a wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating." --MARIA POPOVA, Brain Pickings In this shimmering conversation (the outgrowth of an event co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History and Poets House), Edward O. Wilson, renowned scientist and proponent of "consilience" or the unity of knowledge, finds an ardent interlocutor in Robert Hass, whose credo as United States poet laureate was "imagination makes communities." As they explore the many ways that poetry and science enhance each other, they travel from anthills to ancient Egypt and to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781934137727
SKU
V9781934137727
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About Wilson/hass
Edward O. Wilson is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist, and author who is often dubbed "the father of sociobiology." His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he is considered to be the world's leading authority. Wilson is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Social Conquest of Earth and Anthill: A Novel, as ... Read more
Reviews for The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
World Literature Today Editor's Pick "Enchanting... The Poetic Species is a wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating."
Brain Pickings "The principle of consilience, or the unity of knowledge, infuses this conversation between biologist E. O. Wilson and poet Robert Hass... The eminent duo explore echoes and parallels in their respective fields with eloquent concision, from Wilson's advice ... Read more
Brain Pickings "The principle of consilience, or the unity of knowledge, infuses this conversation between biologist E. O. Wilson and poet Robert Hass... The eminent duo explore echoes and parallels in their respective fields with eloquent concision, from Wilson's advice ... Read more