Thomasina 's insights into thermodynamics and heat transfer , and the idea that the universe is cooling , echo the poem '' Darkness '' by her " real life " contemporary , Lord Byron . Written in 1816 — the " Year Without a Summer " , caused by atmospheric ash from the volcano Mount Tambora erupting in the Dutch East Indies — " Darkness " depicts a world grown dark and cold because the sun has been extinguished
Year Without a Summer
Year Without a Summer
Arcadia (play)