In 1848, Hunt published the hugely ambitious work The Poetry of Science, which outlined most of the important discoveries that had been made in natural philosophy until that time, while also communicating the aesthetic aspects of science to the general reader. In it, Hunt was attempting to make it clear that science and objective discovery were subjects worthy of poetic language.
In 1848, Hunt released The Poetry of Science, a comprehensive work that compiled most of the major breakthroughs in natural philosophy at the time, while also exploring the artistic side of science for general readers. Through this publication, Hunt sought to illustrate that scientific investigation and objective discovery were worthy of poetic language.