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Zero Kelvin
Richard Norman
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Description for Zero Kelvin
Paperback. Maths, myths, Mars! Hard science meets happy metaphor in a debut that asks how astronomy continues to define our lives. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 85.
Present-day astronomy, vast, complex, is looking through darkness to distant objects and times. Yet its discoveries aren't exclusively scientific: from the moons of Pluto to the Doppler effect, the night sky screens a place where math meets myth. Now, in Zero Kelvin, in scenes that shift from the mountains of Goma to the mountains of the moon, from galaxies that feast upon their neighbours to a solar sail unfurling above Earth's orbit, Richard Norman's poetry probes both newly glimpsed corners of the universe, and the myths which bring them into focus. Experiment It is a human urge-- to ... Read more
Present-day astronomy, vast, complex, is looking through darkness to distant objects and times. Yet its discoveries aren't exclusively scientific: from the moons of Pluto to the Doppler effect, the night sky screens a place where math meets myth. Now, in Zero Kelvin, in scenes that shift from the mountains of Goma to the mountains of the moon, from galaxies that feast upon their neighbours to a solar sail unfurling above Earth's orbit, Richard Norman's poetry probes both newly glimpsed corners of the universe, and the myths which bring them into focus. Experiment It is a human urge-- to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781927428450
SKU
V9781927428450
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About Richard Norman
Richard Norman lives in Halifax. He has recently published poetry in The Malahat Review, The Puritan, and CV2, among other Canadian journals. His first collection is forthcoming from Biblioasis.
Reviews for Zero Kelvin
"Weighty with metaphor."
The Telegraph-Journal
The Telegraph-Journal