Author(s): Conlon, Joseph,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 07/11/2024,
Pagination: 160 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Oneworld Publications,
Published By: Oneworld Publications,
Book Classification: Poetry
Dimensions: 197 x 132 x 17mm
Weight: 156g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780861549115

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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.