Genesis : the story of how everything began / Guido Tonelli ; translated from the Italian by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First American editionDescription: 223 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374600488
- 0374600481
- Genesi. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the first time, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life--drawing on the latest discoveries in physics to explain the seven most significant moments in the creation of the cosmos.
Curiosity and wonderment about the origins of the universe are at the heart of our experience of the world. From Hesiod's Chaos, described in his poem about the origins of the Greek gods, Theogony, to today's mind-bending theories of the multiverse, humans have been consumed by the relentless pursuit of an answer to one awe inspiring question: What exactly happened during those first moments?
Guido Tonelli, the acclaimed, award-winning particle physicist and a central figure in the discovery of the Higgs boson (the "God particle"), reveals the extraordinary story of our genesis--from the origins of the universe, to the emergence of life on Earth, to the birth of human language with its power to describe the world. Evoking the seven days of biblical creation, Tonelli takes us on a brisk, lively tour through the evolution of our cosmos and considers the incredible challenges scientists face in exploring its mysteries. Genesis both explains the fundamental physics of our universe and marvels at the profound wonder of our existence.
"Originally published in Italian in 2019 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, Milano, Italy, as Gesesi"--Title page verso.
"English translation originally published in 2021 by Profile Books Ltd, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
Introduction: The grand narrative of origins -- In the beginning was the void -- Day one: an irresistible breath produces the first wonder -- Day two: the delicate touch of a boson changes everything, forever -- Day three: the birth of the immortals -- Day four: and then, at last, there was light -- Day five: the first star lights up -- Day six: and chaos disguised itself as order -- Day seven: a swarming of complex forms -- The human factor -- Epilogue: The massacre of the assumption.
"A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the first time, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life-drawing on the latest discoveries in physics to explain the seven most significant moments in the creation of the cosmos"-- Provided by publisher.
Tonelli reveals the extraordinary story of our genesis: from the origins of the universe, to the emergence of life on Earth, to the birth of human language with its power to describe the world. Evoking the seven days of biblical creation, he takes us on a brisk, lively tour through the evolution of our cosmos and considers the incredible challenges scientists face in exploring its mysteries. -- adapted from jacket
In English. Translated from the Italian.