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Energy and Nothingness: Poems for the First One Hundred Years of Quantum Mechanics
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781968610074
Publisher: Poetry Box
Published: Nov 4 2025
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Energy and Nothingness: Poems for the First One Hundred Years of Quantum Mechanics by K. D. Vallejo is a profound collection that bridges the realms of science, philosophy, and poetry. This evocative work delves into fundamental questions about existence, such as the universe's origins and ultimate fate, the nature of energy, time, and consciousness. It examines complex scientific concepts like quantum mechanics, dark matter, and nothingness, weaving them with philosophical inquiries into knowledge and reality. The poems reflect on humanity's quest for understanding the order of the universe through scientific inquiry, transforming abstract scientific principles into tangible, thought-provoking verse. The reader will enjoy taking a unique journey through the mysteries of the universe, seen through a multidisciplinary lens.
Early Praise:
Vallejo's poems do not explain physics; they illuminate it. Through them, the people and paradoxes of quantum science flicker into view- fragile, flawed, and full of wonder.
-Prof. Sam Illingworth, academic, poet, and founder of Consilience
Maybe in one hundred years, new science will arise from these poetic ideas-but meanwhile, read this book, feel it, enjoy it. Read it when you are happy, read it when the dark around you is heavy-and let this book engulf you with the spirit of creation!
-Dr. Vladik Kreinovich, professor of Computer Science (and poetry aficionado)
Here you will find poems that stretch the reader's mind to the far corners of what is known and then point beyond.
-William Seaton, poet, author of Planetary Motions
A captivating collection. Through Energy and Nothingness, the author reveals a deeply personal bond with physics while inviting us to rediscover its foundational ideas in a fresh light, infused with creative expression. Here, method meets metaphor, and like vacuum fluctuations, language sparks a new wonder in space, time, and energy.
-Dr. Ashmeet Singh, PhD in Physics, creator of The Scribbled Equation
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