The book is the diary of a cosmic journey to the moon and beyond, among the planets and satellites of our Solar System. Piergiorgio Odifreddi drives the spaceship in the company of Plutarch, the great ancient historian and philosopher; Kepler, one of the founders of modern astronomy, and Huygens, the main scientist of the late 17th century. During his mission, Odifreddi translates three of their masterpieces – surprisingly linked to each other – moving through mythology, science fiction, literature, cinema, as well as through the primordial ideas of ancient physics and the sophisticated images of modern astronomy. Reading this book means embarking on a journey through time and space, which combines humanism and classicism with science and modernity.
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