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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b13126091.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Cross-pollinations, an overture -- Blending field science and the arts: insights from the cereusly color-blind -- Why poetry needs science: decoding the songs that can help us heal -- Why science needs poetry: fitting new metaphors when old clichés fail -- How metaphors can serve to conserve: staving off the extinction of relationships, saving the tree of life -- Gary Paul Nabhan: a portrait / by Scott Slovic -- Selected bibliography of Gary Paul Nabhan's work / by Ceiridwen McKenzie-Terrill.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101).".
- catalog extent "107 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Cross-pollinations.".
- catalog identifier "1571312706 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cross-pollinations.".
- catalog isPartOf "Credo series (Minneapolis, Minn.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Credo".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions,".
- catalog relation "Cross-pollinations.".
- catalog subject "809.1 21".
- catalog subject "Literature and science.".
- catalog subject "PN55 .N33 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Cross-pollinations, an overture -- Blending field science and the arts: insights from the cereusly color-blind -- Why poetry needs science: decoding the songs that can help us heal -- Why science needs poetry: fitting new metaphors when old clichés fail -- How metaphors can serve to conserve: staving off the extinction of relationships, saving the tree of life -- Gary Paul Nabhan: a portrait / by Scott Slovic -- Selected bibliography of Gary Paul Nabhan's work / by Ceiridwen McKenzie-Terrill.".
- catalog title "Cross-pollinations : the marriage of science and poetry / Gary Paul Nabhan.".
- catalog type "text".