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How to Be a Star Gravitationally collapse a nebula.
Fuse hydrogen into helium.
If desired, explode. How-to astronomy poetry to answer vexing questions such as How to Surprise Saturn, How to Blush Like Betelgeuse, and How to Survive a Black Hole. "Unraveling meaning from partial glimpses of the universe has preoccupied astronomers for thousands of years. Mary Soon Lee's remarkable collection of poetry traces this journey, capturing the wonder of the celestial bodies that comprise our universe, the elegance of the rules that guide its evolution and the humanity of those who search to better our understanding."
-Andy Connolly, Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington Mary Soon Lee is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and has won the Rhysling Award, the Elgin Award, and the AnLab Readers' Award. Her work has appeared in Science, American Scholar, Spillway, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Strange Horizons. This is her second collection of science poetry, following on from Elemental Haiku: Poems to honor the periodic table three lines at a time. Born and raised in London, she now lives in Pittsburgh.
Author: Mary Soon Lee
Publisher: Mary Lee
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 158
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d
ISBN13: 9798988592211
ISBN10: 8988592212
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Space Science | Astronomy
Fuse hydrogen into helium.
If desired, explode. How-to astronomy poetry to answer vexing questions such as How to Surprise Saturn, How to Blush Like Betelgeuse, and How to Survive a Black Hole. "Unraveling meaning from partial glimpses of the universe has preoccupied astronomers for thousands of years. Mary Soon Lee's remarkable collection of poetry traces this journey, capturing the wonder of the celestial bodies that comprise our universe, the elegance of the rules that guide its evolution and the humanity of those who search to better our understanding."
-Andy Connolly, Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington Mary Soon Lee is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, and has won the Rhysling Award, the Elgin Award, and the AnLab Readers' Award. Her work has appeared in Science, American Scholar, Spillway, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Strange Horizons. This is her second collection of science poetry, following on from Elemental Haiku: Poems to honor the periodic table three lines at a time. Born and raised in London, she now lives in Pittsburgh.
Author: Mary Soon Lee
Publisher: Mary Lee
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 158
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d
ISBN13: 9798988592211
ISBN10: 8988592212
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Space Science | Astronomy
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