A pioneering ethnobotanist, Gary Paul Nabhan credits the arts with sparking unlikely scientific breakthroughs and believes that such "cross-pollination" engenders new forms of expression that are essential to discovery. In this highly readable book, he tells four stories to illustrate this...

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1. Verfasser:	Nabhan, Gary Paul 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Minneapolis Milkweed Ed. 2004
Ausgabe:	1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:	Credo
Schlagworte:	Literature and science Naturwissenschaften Lyrik
Online-Zugang:	Table of contents
Zusammenfassung:	A pioneering ethnobotanist, Gary Paul Nabhan credits the arts with sparking unlikely scientific breakthroughs and believes that such "cross-pollination" engenders new forms of expression that are essential to discovery. In this highly readable book, he tells four stories to illustrate this idea. In the first, coping with color blindness in art class leads to his career as a scientist; in the second, ancient American Indian songs, when translated, reveal an understanding of plants and animals that rivals modern research; in the third, a poem inspires an approach to diabetes using desert plants; and in the fourth, a coalition of scientists and artists creates the Ironwood Forest National Monument in the Sonoran Desert. Cross-Pollinations is about dissolving boundaries and blending disciplines to reveal a world rich in possibility. An accomplished biologist and writer, Gary Paul Nabhan believes that the free movement between science and literature, between cultivated and wild habitats, and between culture and language engenders the kind of unlikely and seemingly incompatible perceptions that are essential to discovery of any kind. He illustrates the successful marriage of science and poetry with true stories about color-blind scientists, the knowledge stored in ancient Native American songs, the link between an Amy Clampitt poem and diabetes research, and a unique collaboration in support of the Ironwood Forest National Monument.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:	107 S.
ISBN:	1571312706