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Marcelo Gleiser says he was always fascinated with the universe and its mysteries. He studied physics at the University of Rio de Janeiro for his undergrad and pursued a PhD in theoretical physics at King’s College London. As a professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College, Gleiser started a course he describes as “physics for poets,” which emphasizes humanistic aspects of science for non-physics majors. A voracious reader of science books and articles, he wrote his first science book, The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang, in 1997 as a text for this course and has since authored several more award-winning nonfiction books. “I always felt the need to share the beautiful things I’ve learned in science with the general public because I place science on the same level as art,” Gleiser says. “The same way that you want to share a poem, rock song, or ...