Science Haiku
Haiku are concise
Science can be elegant
Understanding blooms
how strange particles appear
as they disappear
— John Hawkhead
2nd law of thermodynamics
one way trip
— Robert Erlandson
correlates with a belief
in the greater good
— Michael Leach
Science can be elegant
Understanding blooms
After watching a Japanese program where a Haiku master and a scientist discussed some verses about the nature of the world, both from the literary perspective and the cosmological, I went looking for examples in English to share. I found The Sciku Project, which pairs these short verses (or the slightly longer Tanka forms) with short articles on the related science. It's a fun place to browse. Here are a few of my favorites:
dark matter theoryhow strange particles appear
as they disappear
— John Hawkhead
2nd law of thermodynamics
one way trip
— Robert Erlandson
Or the topical
vaccine acceptancecorrelates with a belief
in the greater good
— Michael Leach
Like the equations for Special Relativity, these are simple on the surface but as you ponder them, implications and possibilities unfold into new realities.