Quantum Genesis

Abstract

Finally, I tackle what is arguably the greatest mystery of all: the origin of the Universe. Paraphrasing J.L. Borges (‘How, then, can I translate into words the limitless Aleph, which my floundering mind can scarcely encompass?’), I will underline the extraordinary challenge of translating into words the mind-blowing theories proposed by physicists to explain the very first instants of the Universe. And I discuss the exhilarating possibility of identifying the origin of all there is in the Universe, by measuring the gravitational waves signal produced in the primordial Universe, right after the Big Bang. Telling stories is our way of understanding the world. We do it all the time: when we talk to others, when we are absorbed in our inner world. Even when we sleep, in our dreams.