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02083aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 7EF7EBCCFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 181207t20192019enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1526127989 020 $a 9781526127983 035 $a (OCoLC)1077959028 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d YDXIT $d OCLCF $d XFF $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a PR508 S3 I45 2019 100 1 $a Illingworth, Sam $e author. 245 12 $a A sonnet to science : $b scientists and their poetry / $c Sam Illingworth. 264 1 $a Manchester : $b Manchester University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a ix, 212 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-205) and index. 505 0 $a The romantic scientist: Humphry Davy -- The metaphysical poet: Ada Lovelace -- The lyrical visionary: James Clerk Maxwell -- The medical metrist: Ronald Ross -- The reluctant poet: Miroslav Holub -- The poetic pioneer: Rebecca Elson. 520 8 $a 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. 650 0 $a Science $v Poetry. 650 0 $a English poetry. 650 0 $a English poetry $x History and criticism. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781526127990 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103020651.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214020315.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7EF7EBCCFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search