Encyclios
Universal encyclopaedic library
A library is not a warehouse of information: it is a place where curiosity finds hospitality. Encyclios was born with this idea — to offer books to read without haste, about what the world is and how we have come to think about it.
- Essay 2026 A Promise Between Strangers A History of Measurement, from the Cubit to the Constants of Nature metrologystoria della scienza Open volume chapters 11 Available in 2 languages Status Draft Version 0.1.1
- Treatise 2026 Stellar Nucleosynthesis Origin and evolution of chemical elements in the universe astrophysicsnuclear physicscosmology Open volume chapters 12 Available in 2 languages Status Continuous review Version 0.1.2
- Essay 2026 Value from Nothing A History of Money and Debt, from the Barleycorn to Programmable Money storia economicaeconomia Open volume chapters 15 Available in 2 languages Status Draft Version 0.1.0
Forthcoming
Upcoming books
Works in preparation, announced in advance to declare the direction of the catalogue. Dates and subtitles may change before publication.
- Treatise In preparation
Thermodynamics of the universe
From the hot Big Bang to the entropic fate of the cosmos
- cosmology
- physics
- thermodynamics
- Treatise In preparation
Chemistry of living systems
From nucleosynthesised elements to the molecules of life
- chemistry
- biochemistry
- biology
- Essay In preparation
A history of the physical constants
How we measured c, h, G and what they tell about the world
- history of science
- physics
- metrology
- Essay In preparation
The measurement problem
What really happens when we observe a quantum system
- philosophy of physics
- quantum mechanics
- Essay In preparation
Deep time
Geological eras, radiometric dating and the scale of the cosmos
- geology
- cosmology
- natural history