Origins

The Cosmos in Verse

von Joseph Conlon

160 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

There raged a thumping cosmic ballyhoo,A manic dance - a rumpus to arouseThe universe: of Higgs and W,Electrons, gluons, muons, Zs and taus...For centuries poetry and science have been improbable, yet constant, bedfellows. Chaucer was an amateur astronomer; Milton broke bread with Galileo; and, before turning to the arts, Keats was a doctor. Meanwhile, scientific luminaries like Ada Lovelace and James Clerk Maxwell moonlighted as poets, composing verse between experiments and equations.Following in this tradition, theoretical physicist Joseph Conlon spins a dazzling intergalactic epic. Drawing on his scientific expertise, Conlon reveals the origins of our universe through two long-form poems - 'Elements' and 'Galaxies'. Journeying from the Big Bang to the edges of our ever-expanding cosmos, Origins offers a delightful and revelatory adventure through contemporary physics.

• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Atom- und Molekularphysik
• ISBN: 9780861549115
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.11.2024
• Größe: 197 x 132 mm
• Verlag: Oneworld Publications