Yun Wang
@yunwangcaltech.bsky.social
Poet & cosmologist. Writes poetry when inspired. Explores the Universe. Translates Chinese classics. Believes in all working together to make the world better.
Roman Space Telescope today at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Sunshield & outer barrel on the left. Telescope (hidden in silver wrapping mimicking the outer barrel) mounted on the spacecraft on the right. Engineering model of the telescope for testing in the center. Roman will fly next year!
July 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Roman Space Telescope today at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Sunshield & outer barrel on the left. Telescope (hidden in silver wrapping mimicking the outer barrel) mounted on the spacecraft on the right. Engineering model of the telescope for testing in the center. Roman will fly next year!
June 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Beauty of this moment @nature
May 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Beauty of this moment @nature
Thrilled by this rave review of my Dao De Jing translation with Li-Young Lee (www.amazon.com/dp/1324079169/):
#daoism #poetry @wwnorton.com
#daoism #poetry @wwnorton.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thrilled by this rave review of my Dao De Jing translation with Li-Young Lee (www.amazon.com/dp/1324079169/):
#daoism #poetry @wwnorton.com
#daoism #poetry @wwnorton.com
True wisdom is timeless. This short review highlights an amazingly relevant page in the Dao De Jing (Laozi, ~400BC): www.amazon.com/gp/customer-..., #wisdom #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth @wwnorton.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
True wisdom is timeless. This short review highlights an amazingly relevant page in the Dao De Jing (Laozi, ~400BC): www.amazon.com/gp/customer-..., #wisdom #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth @wwnorton.bsky.social
"The Deity within the void is immortal.
Call her the dark mother.
The mother’s birth canal
is the root of heaven and earth."
--- Chapter 6, Dao De Jing, by Laozi (~400 BC)(www.amazon.com/Dao-Jing-Lao...) Ancient wisdom and true poetry! )
@wwnorton.bsky.social
#NationalPoetryMonth
Call her the dark mother.
The mother’s birth canal
is the root of heaven and earth."
--- Chapter 6, Dao De Jing, by Laozi (~400 BC)(www.amazon.com/Dao-Jing-Lao...) Ancient wisdom and true poetry! )
@wwnorton.bsky.social
#NationalPoetryMonth
April 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"The Deity within the void is immortal.
Call her the dark mother.
The mother’s birth canal
is the root of heaven and earth."
--- Chapter 6, Dao De Jing, by Laozi (~400 BC)(www.amazon.com/Dao-Jing-Lao...) Ancient wisdom and true poetry! )
@wwnorton.bsky.social
#NationalPoetryMonth
Call her the dark mother.
The mother’s birth canal
is the root of heaven and earth."
--- Chapter 6, Dao De Jing, by Laozi (~400 BC)(www.amazon.com/Dao-Jing-Lao...) Ancient wisdom and true poetry! )
@wwnorton.bsky.social
#NationalPoetryMonth
Random beauty in nature: salmon barberry flowers:
April 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Random beauty in nature: salmon barberry flowers:
It's worthwhile to read this Aeschylus quote from "Prometheus Bound" on the wall facing the entrance in the Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine:
April 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's worthwhile to read this Aeschylus quote from "Prometheus Bound" on the wall facing the entrance in the Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine:
Space Science Week at the National Academy of Sciences
April 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Space Science Week at the National Academy of Sciences
I was captivated by this painting titled "mercurial" by Iris Yirei Hu, in the art exhibition at the gallery inside Descanso Gardens, titled: "Daphne’s Wardrobe—Metamorphosis into Nature". Can you name the plants (all highly symbolic) in this painting?
March 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I was captivated by this painting titled "mercurial" by Iris Yirei Hu, in the art exhibition at the gallery inside Descanso Gardens, titled: "Daphne’s Wardrobe—Metamorphosis into Nature". Can you name the plants (all highly symbolic) in this painting?