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4 Percent Universe by Richard Panek

March 23, 2014 by Erica Mena

I have an amateur’s interest in physics and astronomy. I once took a class (and still have the course book) called Physics for Poets. I’m ok but not brilliant at math, but love the abstract thinking, the scientific deduction and inference, of rigorous attempts to understand the world (at whatever scale). This is the kind of book that is written for someone like me – an understanding, or at least an ability to understand, some pretty complex theoretical concepts if […]

Categories: Reading Journal • Tags: 4 percent universe, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, dark energy, dark matter, darkness, non-fiction, physics, richard panek, science

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Darkness at Night by Edward Harrison

August 1, 2013 by Erica Mena

A few months ago I used the word “dark” in a poem, and brought it into my workshop. I knew it was a risk, there are a number of words that are more or less off limits to ‘serious’ poets. In fact, there are so many words that are off limits to poets that it’s hard to categorize them, or say generally what makes them off limits. For the most part it’s overuse – which gives an easiness to the […]

Categories: Reviews • Tags: astronomy, darkness, math, olber's paradox, poetry, science

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