TED-Ed Our Longing for Cosmic Truth and Poetic Beauty

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From: TED Talks Daily - Saturday Jun 04, 2022 05:15 pm
Our Longing for Cosmic Truth and Poetic Beauty
The Universe in Verse

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Our longing for cosmic truth and poetic beauty

7:19 minutes · TEDWomen 2021

Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts an astonishing story of how humanity came to see the edge of the observable universe. (Followed by an animated excerpt of "My God, It's Full of Stars," by Tracy K. Smith)

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