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    The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
    The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
    The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass
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    The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass

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    A meeting of great minds at the intersection of the arts and sciences

    “Enchanting. . . . The Poetic Species is a wonderful read in its entirety, short yet infinitely simulating.” —Maria Popova, Marginalian

    In this shimmering conversation, 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 heights and depths of human potential.A testament to how science and the arts can join forces to educate and inspire, this book is also a passionate plea for conservation of all the planet’s species.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBellevue Literary Press
    Release dateMar 24, 2014
    ISBN9781934137734
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      The Poetic Species - Edward O. Wilson

      The Poetic Species

      A Conversation with

      Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass

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      First Published in the United States in 2014 by Bellevue Literary Press, New York

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