Imagination's Other Place: Poems of Science and Mathematics

by Clare Leighton (Illustrator), Helen Plotz (Compiler)

Topics range from the creation of the universe to a delicate medical operation in poetry that is not always reverent or serious

Genres: Poetry

200 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1955

Reviews

[Delanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing collection! Besides the organization of the book itself, some of these poems are not available anywhere else!! (And that is a real shame)

[Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation." So cheeky. 😆

This is from 1955! I'm geeking out. I promised myself I'd read more poetry this year. This book did not disappoint. The wood engraving illustrations by Mrs. Leighton are worth looking at as well.

This book is just so neat. In the preface the compiler, Mrs. Plotz, mentions that she wanted to better understand science and mathematics because her husband and children would discuss it at dinner. So she compiled all of these wonderful poems. So glad I randomly picked this up.

[Lukav · Rating 3 out of 5]

Imagination's Other Place: Poems of Science and Mathematics by Clare Leighton contains a wide range of poems. Its poems include odes to great scientists, poems about clouds, and rocks. Not only does this book include poems about various topics, it has varied writing styles due to the amount of different poet's works included.

Imagination's Other Place: Poems of Science and Mathematics is a lone book. This book is an exceptional collection of poems of which I have never meet the equal of. I would recommend this book to all of my classmates.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

as worthwhile for Leighton's woodcuts as it is for the prose!

[Cheryl]

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