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.
| 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 |