Maria Popova è una lettrice e scrittrice che condivide le sue intuizioni dalle sue ampie letture sulla sua piattaforma, Brain Pickings. Il suo lavoro è riconosciuto per la sua importanza culturale e viene conservato nell'archivio digitale permanente della Biblioteca del Congresso. Cura anche The Universe in Verse, un evento benefico annuale che celebra la scienza attraverso la poesia.
In "Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States," Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel explore the political divergence of Russia and Ukraine since 1991. They analyze the roots of the ongoing conflict, highlighting Ukraine's pursuit of a democratic, pro-European identity against Russia's authoritarianism and imperialism, which culminated in war.
★ A Kirkus Best Book of 2021: A Best Informational Picture Book★ A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings ) Best Children’s Book of 2021★ A Spirituality & Practice Best Spiritual Book of 2021 Based on a real scientific event and inspired by a beloved real human in the author’s life, this is a story about science and the poetry of existence... The Snail with the Right Heart is a story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death, evolution and infinity—concepts often too abstract for the human mind to fathom, often more accessible to the young imagination; concepts made fathomable in the concrete, finite life of one tiny, unusual creature dwelling in a pile of compost amid an English garden. Emerging from this singular life is a lyrical universal invitation not to mistake difference for defect and to welcome, across the accordion scales of time and space, diversity as the wellspring of the universe’s beauty and resilience. This boldly illustrated book about evolution for children features a large gatefold that opens up to immerse readers in the story and will help kids understand that nature is all about differentiation and that being different is beautiful.
A history of women who have changed our understanding of the universe, from the creator of Brain Pickings.
David Whyte explores the underlying meaning of 52 ordinary words, with an introduction by Maria Popova of Brain Pickings and author of Figuring
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