Wonder, thought, outpouring. Neruda, Paz and Szymborska: three Nobel laureates in Literature poeticise biology Authors Joan Duran i Ferrer Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) Keywords: Nobel Prize in Literature, poetry, art, science, biology. Abstract Although science seeks precision and delimitation, and art strives to be suggestive and evocative of a wide range of senses, both forms of knowledge are based on a comparable stimulus and they are mutually enhancing in the search for answers and transcendence. Throughout the history of thought, multidirectional nurturing between disciplines and knowledge pathways has endowed us with a legacy of major compositions, many in the field of poetry. Indeed, in light of scientific knowledge, poetry can explore troubling languages and concepts; it can pave the way for unusual lines of thought and sensorial enjoyment; and it can raise new questions to challenge the answers put forward by progress in science and technology in order to dispel the mysteries of the world. Based on the poetry of the Nobel laureates in Literature Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz and Wisława Szymborska, this article illustrates three examples of how poetry has been nurtured by science – and biology in particular – in order to project new horizons of knowledge, emotion and thought using the transformative power of words.Keywords: Nobel Prize in Literature, poetry, art, science, biology. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue Vol. 68: (2017-2018) Section Destacats de recerca License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the SCB (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the SCB for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the SCB for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the SCB when submitting articles. — The SCB is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
