The Traces of Thomas Hariot
$42.64
- Paperback
376 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2027
Summary
A lyrical biography by a celebrated poet that tracks the life of Thomas Hariot, an unjustly obscure genius of Renaissance Europe-a polymath who mapped the Moon before Galileo and taught Sir Walter Raleigh how to navigate the open seas.
Thomas Hariot was one of the greatest minds of the Elizabethan era, a pioneer of the Scientific Revolution who met every current of his time headlong and yet whose name is all but forgotten, relegated to the footnotes of history. What was it about Hario…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896230755 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Muriel Rukeyser |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 203mm |
Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) was an American writer and activist. Her first book of poetry, Theory of Flight, was selected for the Yale Series of Younger Poets in 1934. She went on to publish more than a dozen other books of poetry, including the collection U.S. 1, in which her influential narrative poem about the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster, “The Book of the Dead,” first appeared. In addition to her poetry, she wrote several children’s books, a number of stage and screenplays, a novel, a memoir, a book of criticism, and three biographies.
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