Genesis
The Story of How Everything Began
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 223 pages ; 22 cm
"A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the first time, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began is a short, humanistic tour of the origins of the universe, earth, and life-drawing on the latest discoveries in physics to explain the seven most significant moments in the creation of the cosmos"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
ISBN:
9780374600488
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"Originally published in Italian in 2019 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, Milano, Italy, as Gesesi"--Title page verso.
"English translation originally published in 2021 by Profile Books Ltd, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
In English. Translated from the Italian.
"English translation originally published in 2021 by Profile Books Ltd, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
In English. Translated from the Italian.