Intersecting Sets

A Poet Looks at Science

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Poet Alice Major was given a book on relativity at the impressionable age of ten, so she never quite understood why science came to be dismissed as reductive or opposite to art. She surveys the sciences of the past half-century -- from physical to cognitive to evolutionary -- to shed light on why and how human beings create poems, challenging some of the mantras of postmodern thought in the process. Part memoir, part ars poetica, part wonder-journey, Intersecting Sets is a wide-ranging and insightful amalgam.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-10-15
Mått133 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt400 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagUniversity of Alberta Press
ISBN9780888645951
UtmärkelserWinner of AAUP Book, Jacket & Journal Show - Book Design / Trade 2012

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Alice Major emigrated from Scotland at the age of eight, and grew up in Toronto before coming west to work as a weekly newspaper reporter. She served as the City of Edmonton’s first poet laureate from 2005–2007. A widely-published author, she has won many distinctions. Her most recent book, Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science, received the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for non-fiction as well as a National Magazine Award gold medal. Her website is www.alicemajor.com.