ADVANCES IN COSMOLOGY
Presentation of the book
In the frame of the XXI FESTIVAL DELLA SCIENZA - Genoa
ADVANCES IN COSMOLOGY
Science - Art - Philosophy
Springer 2022
Editors
Marilena Streit-Bianchi, Paola Catapano, Cristiano Galbiati, Enrico Magnani
October 29th, 2022
21.00
Palazzo Ducale
Piazza Matteotti 9 – 16123 GENOA
A Public Debate on Visions of Our Universe
From the Perspectives of Contemporary Astrophysics, Philosophy, and Art
Featuring:
Suchita Kulkarni · Enrico Magnani · Michel Mayor (Nobel Laureate 2019) · Luca Sbordone · Claudia Sciarma
Moderated by Paola Catapano (CERN Communications)
This book outlines the latest research on modern cosmology and related topics from world-class experts. Through it, readers will learn how multi-disciplinary approaches and technologies are used to search the unknown and how we arrived at the knowledge used and assumptions made by cosmologists today. The book is organized into four parts, each exploring a theme that has troubled humankind for centuries. Since the dawn of time, looking at the sky, humans have tried to understand their origin, the laws governing it, and what influence it all has on human life. In most ancient civilizations, astronomers embodied the power of knowledge. This knowledge was not compartmentalized, and scientists often found philosophical implications within their quests, many of which destroyed the borders between the natural sciences. Even now, as observers and scientists continue to use conjecture to generate theoretical assumptions and laws that then have to be confirmed experimentally, said theoretical and experimental searches are being linked to philosophical thinking and artistic representation, as they were up until the 18th century. This multi-disciplinary book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the fields of Astronomy, Cosmology or Physics.
