Science, Meet Poetry

Science, Meet Poetry Jennifer L.RohnThe Honest Look2010Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory PressWoodbury, NY, USA343 pp. $13.99

She’s done it again! Cell biologist and novelist Jennifer L. Rohn has written another taut, suspenseful story about a young scientist’s journey to find oneself. Published this year by Cold Spring Harbor Press, The Honest Look is Rohn’s second novel, and although it uses similar narrative devices as her first book, Experimental Heart (2008), The Honest Look is edgier and ultimately more satisfyi...

Behavioral science, engineering, and poetry revisited.

Forty years ago, Lehrman (1971) identified 2 orientations to the study of animal behavior. The natural history orientation conducted field and lab research designed to reveal how animals cope with the circumstances of their natural environment. Such research reveals the diversity among different types of animals and differences between the world of animals and the world of humans (i.e., "poetry...

Medicinal Mushrooms: Ancient Remedies Meet Modern Science.

Integrative Medicine • Vol. 13, No. 1 • February 2014 46 Stamets—Medicinal Mushrooms Our ancestors have used mushrooms as medicine for thousands of years. The Greek physician Hippocrates, circa 450 BCE, classified the amadou mushroom (Fomes fomentarius) as a potent anti-inflammatory and for cauterizing wounds. The alchemist Tao Hongjing, from the 5th century, described several medicinal mushroo...

Catalysis-where science and industry meet

The role of catalysis in chemical industry as basis of modern civilization is described and mechanism of catalytic reactions is discussed. Influence of electronic structure of transition metal atoms, structure sensitivity of catalytic reactions, tailoring of acid-base and redox properties of zeolites, quantum chemical description of elementary reaction steps, dynamics of catalysts surfaces, osc...

Herbert Spiegel, MD 1914-2009: art, science and poetry.