Author: Gianpaolo Bellini

What makes up the matter that surrounds us? How did planet Earth form? How does the Universe evolve? Three academics, a subatomic physicist, an astrophysicist and a geophysicist, face the challenge to explain reality, going from microcosm to macrocosm.

A book that examines from elementary particles to the stars: to show us that in the structure of matter there is nothing random and that our world is an infinitesimal point in the bottomless spaces of the Universe, among billions of stars. It is all enriched by the latest outcomes of the research project for which Bellini was a Nobel candidate: the Borexino experiment revealed the mystery of the neutrino, explaining why the sun and, in general all stars, shine.

With a foreword by Roberto Battiston, physicist inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Astronautic Federation.

Discover and understand the mysteries of matter, the universe and life, and what lies beyond our everyday world.
Science is an endless adventure. Unfortunately, it’s an adventure only scientists get to take part in when in fact, everyone should be aware of the basics of physics, astronomy, biology and neuroscience. For instance, we should all know that the Universe was born at the beginning of time and has been expanding since; that the origin of life on Earth is still unknown but that we all come from very basic organisms that lived on Earth billions of years ago. Popularising the fascinating discoveries of science through straight-forward but scientifically accurate explanations is the mission that drove five internationally renowned scientists to write this book.