Matter : The magnificent illusion / Guido Tonelli ; translated by Edward Williams.
| Author/creator | Tonelli, Guido, 1950- author. |
| Other author | Williams, Edward, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2025. |
| Description | ix, 206 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Materia. English |
| Abstract | What are we made up of? What holds material bodies together? Is there a difference between terrestrial matter and celestial matter the matter that makes up the Earth and the matter that makes up the Sun and other stars? When Democritus stated, between the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, that we are made up of atoms, few people believed him. |
| General note | First published in Italian as "Materia: La magnifica illusione" by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli editore, 2023. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Spec. audience char. | Postgraduate, General. |
| ISBN | 9781509564149 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 1509564144 (hbk) |