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Origins

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Origins Synopsis

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.

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ISBN: 9780861549115
Publication date: 7th November 2024
Author: Joseph Conlon
Publisher: Oneworld an imprint of Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 160 pages
Genres: Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Poetry by individual poets
Cosmology and the universe
Galaxies and stars
Atomic and molecular physics
Particle and high-energy physics
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
Popular astronomy and space