The Queue

M aria Montessori, an Italian physician, educator, and innovator once proclaimed, “We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.” Through that very quote, Montessori was able to answer the burning question of why scientists need to read poetry.   To expand, let us first consider the following definitions derived from an everyday Google search: po·et·ry ˈpōətrē/ noun 1 . literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings. sci·ence ˈsīəns/ noun 1. the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. With respect to both of these definitions, Google Dictionary failed to identify arguably the most defining characteristic of both these studies: the practice of understanding a concept by being curious and exploring. Though seemingly unrelate