Rebecca Elson

thumb| Rebecca Anne Wood Elson (2 January 1960 – 19 May 1999) was a Canadian–American astronomer and writer. Quotes Sometimes, I confess, Starlight seems too sharp, And like the moon I bend my face to the ground, To the small patch where each foot falls, Before it falls, And I forget to ask questions, And only count things. "We Astronomers", in A Responsibility to Awe (Carcanet Press, 2001) Cp. Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" (1867) External links Iggy McGovern, "Strange Meeting: Science Meets Poetry", The Poetry Ireland Review, no. 108 (2012), p. 57 Category:1960 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Astronomers from Canada Category:Authors from Canada Category:Women scientists from Canada Category:Women born in the 1960s Category:Smith College alumni