Science meets Poetry 3: Proceedings from ESOF2012 in Dublin - Paperback

by Jean-Patrick Connerade (Author), Iggy McGovern (Author)

What mysterious forces bring Science and Poetry together? Why did William Hamilton, Tycho Brahe and Marie Curie all write verse? How is it that Omar Khayyam wrote a treatise on algebra and why was Percy Bysshe Shelley fascinated by chemistry? To the contrary, why did Mary Shelley dream up the tale of Frankenstein? Poets from all over Europe gather at each Euroscience Open Forum ESOF to consider the complex relationship between Science and Poetry. From their poems and from their debates, discover a fruitful dialogue between advanced research and the poetry of our times. Wth contributions from more than thirty contemporary poets, which include the President of Ireland and one Nobel Laureate of literature: Nadine AMILE, Michel BENARD, Una BROWN, Mari-Noëlle CELERIER, CHAUNES, Jean-Patrick CONNERADE, Claude CUDEL, Carmel CUMMINS, Patrick CUNNINGHAM, Kate DEMPSEY, Noel DUFFEY, Angela FINN, Susan FLYNN, Assumpcio FORCADA, Christohe GOARANT, Seamus HEANEY, Vital HEURTEBIZE, Michael D. HIGGINS, Caroline HURLEY, Eric JACQUELIN, Gabriele KELLY, Mario MARKUS, Iggy McGOVERN, Alla-Valeria MIKHALEVICH, Mary MONTAGUE, Orlagh O'FARRELL, Maeve O'SULLIVAN, Maurice RIORDAN, Jane ROBINSON, Uli ROTHFUSS, John SAUNDERS, Larry STAPLETON, Charlotte UECKERT, Breda WALL-RYAN and Denis WEAIRE. The book contains the Proceedings (lectures and poems) of a regular event 'Science meets Poetry', which has taken place every two years since 2006 in a different European City (Munich, Barcelona, Turin, Dublin ...) wherever the ESOF Forum happens to occur. Brief biographies and photographs of the poets are included.

Author Biography

Jean-Patrick Connerade (Chaunes) is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Imperial College and writes poetry (in French, under his pen name Chaunes). He is the founder and organiser of the 'Science meets Poetry' events. He is also President of the European Academy of Sciences Arts and Literature, a former President of Euroscience and Honorary Professor of Physics at the East China University of Shanghai. He is the International Representative of the Society of French Poets, based in Paris. Iggy McGovern is Professor of Physics at Trinity College Dublin and is also a noted Poet. He is a member of 'Poetry Ireland' and was co-organiser of the 'Science meets Poetry' conference of Poets held at Trinity College. He also co-ordinated a book entitled '20 12 Twenty Irish Poets Respond to Science in Twelve Lines' published by Dedalus Press on the occasion of ESOF2012.