A Responsibility to Awe
Rebecca Elson’s *A Responsibility to Awe*, published by Carcanet Press in 2018, is a new edition that spans 160 pages. This collection features poems and reflections from Elson, who was both a scientist and a poet. Her work intertwines her experiences as an astronomer with her poetic explorations, emphasizing the importance of imagination in understanding the world, especially as she faced terminal cancer.
Readers will find a blend of literary collections, essays, and poetry that reflect Elson’s unique perspective on life and science. The writings delve into themes of observation and the limits of knowledge, inviting contemplation on the intersection of factual inquiry and creative thought. This edition serves as a testament to Elson’s belief that facts can inspire imaginative possibilities, making her reflections resonate with those interested in the connections between science and art.
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Rebecca Elson’s A Responsibility to Awe reissued as a Carcanet Classic
A Responsibility to Awe is a contemporary classic, a book of poems and reflections by a scientist for whom poetry was a necessary aspect of research, crucial to understanding the world and her place in it, even as, having contracted terminal cancer, she confronted her early death. Rebecca Elson was an astronomer; her work took her to the boundary of the visible and measurable. “Facts are only as interesting as the possibilities they open up to the imagination,” she wrote. Her poems, like her researches, build imaginative inferences and speculations, setting out from observation, undeterred by knowing how little we can know.
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