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John Ciardi
(24 Jun 1916 - 30 Mar 1986)
American poet who enjoyed bring poetry to mass audiences, making countless lectures, poetry readings and appearances on educational television. He was a poetry critic for Saturday Review . His poem “I met a man, who wasn't there” is one of his most well-known.
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Science Quotes by John Ciardi (2 quotes)
Alchemy. The link between the immemorial magic arts and modern science. Humankind’s first systematic effort to unlock the secrets of matter by reproducible experiment.
— John Ciardi
In Good Words to You (1987), 6.
Who could believe an ant in theory?
A giraffe in blueprint?
Ten thousand doctors of what’s possible
Could reason half the jungle out of being.
A giraffe in blueprint?
Ten thousand doctors of what’s possible
Could reason half the jungle out of being.
— John Ciardi
In The Achievement of John Ciardi: A Comprehensive Selection of His Poems (1969), 73.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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