Sir Humphry Davy Used Poetry and Theatre to Bring Science to Life | The Conversation

“Poetry was for him a way to express emotions, thoughts and feelings which had no place in his scientific writings. That said, the books he published could describe chemical experiments in a distinctly poetic language. Coleridge said that he went to Davy’s lectures to increase the number of metaphors that he could use in his poems. “

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For those of you who are inclined to spend time on longer, deeper readings I would suggest the essay Nature, Power, and the Light of Suns: The Poetry of Humphry Davy by Maurice Hindle. Fascinating read that covers not only Davy’s poetry but his romantic life as well. Love and life - we all had a broken heart moments, why scientists should be an exception ? :-).