The Earl of Berenice

George Grammatikakis

This book is about an experiment that took place about 15 billion years ago. The scientist who designed it is no longer around to explain to us exactly what it did and, above all, what purpose it served. Such were the conditions and the temperature of the experiment, that make it impossible to repeat it in the earthly laboratories. George Grammatikakis, poetically and brilliantly reconstructing the modern scientific views on the genesis of the Universe and the appearance of life, refers to the leading manifestation of this life, man, and emphasizes the dangers that threaten the Earth and our culture. A book deeply philosophical and with a strong literary character, the Berenice County opens new avenues in the modern multidimensional view of Science and Man: as the twentieth century is coming to an end, and man remains more and more meteoric, lest we on another culture, on a new conception of humanity?

(Accompanied by a CD with music composed by Andreas Georgotas for ancient Greek instruments, viola and tape, and narrated by G. Grammatikakis)