Description
Spanning four centuries, this sweeping work traces the intertwined lives of scientists, artists, writers, and thinkers whose discoveries and creative achievements reshaped our understanding of the universe and ourselves. From Johannes Kepler’s celestial investigations to Rachel Carson’s pioneering environmental vision, it illuminates the often complex relationships, aspirations, and private struggles behind public accomplishment. With a particular focus on women and queer figures, the narrative explores love, ambition, genius, feminism, science, art, religion, and the search for a meaningful life. Richly researched and lyrically composed, it reveals how intimacy, imagination, and curiosity can become forces for lasting cultural change.
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paperback
Pantheon
Published Jan 1, 2019
594 pages
ISBN: 9781524748135
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First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Figuring by Maria Popova.