Science and art come together in Verse & Universe, a comprehensive selection of poetic voices revealing the beauty, the precision, the triumphs, and the destructive power inherent in science and technology.
In sections such as "Space," "Matter," "Heavenly Bodies," and "Theory and Speculation," 80 contemporary poets contemplate the revolutions in physics, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, geology, botany, biology, and medicine. Their words celebrate our curiosity and inventiveness, as well as our delight in the act of discovery, as they turn the revelations of science into poetry and capture the nature and spirit of modern scientific inquiry. A few of the outstanding poets in the collection include Loren Eiseley, Jorie Graham, Emily Hiestand, Howard Nemerov, Pattiann Rogers, and Charles Simic.