The Stone Loves the World by Brian Hall
A warm, inventive, and multilayered novel about two families - one made up largely of scientists, and the other of artists and mystics - whose worlds collide in pursuit of a lost daughter Mette, a twenty-year old programmer of visual effects for video games, lives with her mother, Saskia, an aspiring playwright, in Brooklyn. Mette is a private and socially awkward young woman, who finds something consoling in repetitive mathematical calculations. But she has been recently rejected in love, and feels stuck in an endless loop, no longer certain of her place in the world. As Brian Hall's new novel opens, Mette has gone missing. Her disappearance forces Saskia to reunite with Mette's father, Mark, an emotionally distant astronomy professor in Ithaca, to embark on a journey together to find her. Mette's path will take her across America and then to a fateful visit with her charismatic grandfather, Thomas, who formerly ran the commune north of Ithaca where Saskia was raised, and who now lives as a hermit in a windmill on a remote Danish island. Playing out over nine decades and three generations, and stitching together a dazzling array of subjects--from cosmology and classical music to number theory and medieval mystery plays--The Stone Loves the World is a story of love, longing, and scientific wonder. It offers a moving reflection on the human search for truth, meaning, and connection in an often incomprehensible universe, and on the genuine surprises that the real world, and human society, can offer.
Hall, Brian: - Brian's primary expertise is in planning for underground metalliferous mining operations including detailed mine designs, technical assessments, feasibility studies and strategic planning. He began his career as a graduate trainee with Consolidated Gold Fields Australia Ltd in 1973, and after a stint at Mt Lyell in Tasmania, moved to Gold Fields of South Africa in 1977 with posts at West Driefontein Gold Mine and Black Mountain base metals operation. In 1982 Brian joined Mount Isa Mines in Queensland where the next 12 years saw him fill the roles of Underground Manager (lead and copper), Planning Manager and Chief Mining Engineer. Here he was responsible for the development of an in-house computerised mine planning system, and was involved in studies across a range of mining, mineral processing and pyrometallurgical systems. Brian joined AMC Consultants in 1994 where his experience covers planning, design and scheduling, technical audits, strategic reviews, feasibility studies, cut-off grade studies, mine strategy optimizations and computer simulations for operations in Australasia, Asia, Europe and North America. Over the last decade, his main areas of work have involved cut-off and strategy optimisation studies for underground and open pit mines across a range of commodities. Holding a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce, Brian has developed and presented courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level at universities and provided technical training for clients. Since 2001 he has presented workshops on project evaluation and the theory and practical application of cut-off grade and mine and business strategy optimization, and has presented a number of technical papers on these subjects. In addition to being a Chartered Professional of the Minerals Institute, Brian is a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780593297223 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593297229 |
| Title | The Stone Loves the World |
| Author | Brian Hall |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2021-06-08 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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