Maria Popova
1) Figuring
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries, beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. Stretching between these figures is a cast of artists, writers, and scientists --...
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Celebrating science and the poetry of existence, this is a true story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death--all made more accessible to the young imagination in the concrete, finite life of one tiny snail named Jeremy.