
Origins : The Cosmos in Verse
by Joseph Conlon
Title:
Origins : The Cosmos in Verse
Author:
Joseph Conlon
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
160 pages
Publisher:
OneWorld Publications
ISBN-13:
9780861549115
EAN:
9780861549115
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
276
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 132 x 17
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
There raged a thumping cosmic ballyhoo, A manic dance - a rumpus to arouse The 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.










