Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science

Major, Alice

ISBN 10: 0888645953 / ISBN 13: 9780888645951

Published by University of Alberta Press, 2011

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Stated First Edition, First Printing. A Near Fine copy in blue printed wraps with minimal to no shelfwear. Internally clean and free of markings with an uncreased spine. // From the publisher: '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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intersecting Sets: A Poet Looks at Science
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0888645953
• ISBN 13: 9780888645951
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.