Click here for 'Creative Writing <-> Science' An innovative pack of creative writing exercises involving science, sponsored by the Royal Literary Fund.

 
 

Click here for Schrodinger's Cat : Mario's paper on science and creativity	Click here to read some of Mario's science-related poetry
Click here to read about ecology and poetry	Click here for Mario's poem Plutonium on the Poetry and Science website.
Warwick Writing Programme (George Ttoouli) - Combining Poetry and Science as Equals: Click here	Click here for the interview in Acumen 59

 
 
"literature provides one means by which society can engage with the various strangenesses science throws up: those new objects, ideas and situations for which we have no popular imagery (nor genetic instinct, for that matter), whose metaphorical space is tabula rasa. Maiden knowledge or experience brings with it this crisis of representation. Scientists and artists deal with metaphor on a routine basis – we need their metaphors to help us explain, experience and explore the unprecedented, whether it’s a scientific breakthrough, nuclear fallout, or 9/11." (Acumen 59)

 

Wellcome Foundation, July 2007: New Scientist Blog 'The Poetry of Science'
				EXAMPLES OF MARIO'S RESEARCH WORK WITH CRYSTALS & ELECTRONS Mario has a Cambridge degree in Physics, a PhD in laser-optic materials [University College London] and a BA in Environment & Society from Middlesex University, where he was also a course organiser and lecturer in environmental studies. Mario's original work in experimental physics at UCL involved the growth of new electro-optic crystals deposited in ultra-high vacuum, and their exploration using high energy electron diffraction and x-ray analysis.

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