'Mind-inflating' Wired
'A grand vision of the marvels we've discovered, and the immensity of what we still don't understand' Sunday Times
What if the ancient Greeks were right, and the universe really did spring into being out of chaos and the void? How could we know? And what must its first moments have been like?
To answer these questions, scientists are delving into all the hidden crevices of creation. Armed with giant telescopes and powerful particle accelerators, they probe the subtle mechanisms by which our familiar world came to be, and try to foretell the manner in which it will end.
The result of all this collective effort is a complex tale, stranger at times than even our most ancient creation myths. Yet its building blocks give us the power to work marvels our predecessors could scarcely comprehend. In Genesis, the CERN physicist and bestselling author Guido Tonelli does poetic justice to that great story, the accomplishment of countless minds working together across the ages.
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Astronomy & AstrophysicsTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 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
- Acknowledgements
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