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"In Italo Calvino's cosmicomics, primordial beings cavort on the nearby surface of the moon, play marbles with atoms, and bear ecstatic witness to Earth's first dawn. Exploring natural phenomena and the origins of the universe, these beloved tales relate complex scientific concepts to...

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Main Author: Calvino, Italo (Author)
Other Authors: McLaughlin, M. L. (Martin L.) (Translator), Parks, Tim (Translator), Weaver, William, 1923-2013 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Manners and customs > Fiction.
Italy > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Mœurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Italie > Mœurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION > Literary.
FICTION > Science Fiction > Short Stories.
Science fiction.
Italy > Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Italy.
Short stories.
short stories.
Fiction.
Nouvelles.
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Summary:"In Italo Calvino's cosmicomics, primordial beings cavort on the nearby surface of the moon, play marbles with atoms, and bear ecstatic witness to Earth's first dawn. Exploring natural phenomena and the origins of the universe, these beloved tales relate complex scientific concepts to our common sensory, emotional, human world."--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:xxiv, 401 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780544146440
0544146441