Science and poetry aren’t necessarily seen as complementary - and certainly not overlapping - pursuits. But Elisa New, Harvard University professor and host of Poetry in America , has been seeking out scientists to read and talk about poetry. And she says scientists and poets have more in common than is widely recognized. “The love affair between poetry and science is a really long one,” New said. “I think about those poets of the 19th century whose delight in poetry was often nurtured by their