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What are we made of? What holds together the material bodies? Is there a difference between earthly and celestial matter, the kind that composes the Sun and other stars? When Democritus stated, between the 5th and 4th centuries BC, that we are made of atoms, his views were vehemently contested. To take him seriously, we had to wait until Galileo and Newton in the 17th century, but it would still take four hundred more years of research to reconstruct the elementary components of matter.
Everything around us – the matter that forms rocks and planets, flowers and scents, and ourselves – has very particular characteristics. In this book, you will discover all that we know about these properties. You will also find answers to questions that arise from the latest research: In what sense is a vacuum a material state? Are there elementary grains of space or time? What forms does matter take inside large black holes?
After Genesis and Time, the famous physicist Guido Tonelli guides us on a new, astonishing journey through modern science, using his usual simple and captivating language that will allow the reader to see the universe, and perhaps themselves, in a new light.
“This book will help us overcome many biases, but mainly, by discussing the discoveries of modern physics regarding matter, its birth, and its long evolution, it will leave us breathless. Firstly, because we will encounter wonderful concepts, we will discover ephemeral forms of matter that live seemingly insignificant lives, and alongside them, in perhaps the most unexpected corners, forms of matter so permanent that they practically become eternal.
We are ready to explore the infinite aspects of matter as presented to us by modern science. We will find that the bias of its stability and permanence, which we believed for millennia, is pure illusion. But at the same time, we will realize that it is not so simple to define what matter truly is. As we approach its innermost composition, we will need to let go of many of the certainties we inherited from the most naive forms of materialism. As always, surprises will abound.”
Manufacturer
- Author
- Guido Tonelli
- Publisher
- Dioptra
- Original Title
- Materia: La magnifica illusione
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
- -
- Award
- -
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 240
- Release Date
- 23/10/2024
- Publication Date
- 2024
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786182208816
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