Tracking the arc of discovery from early 20th-century physics to today's particle physics and string theory, a Harvard physics professor leads readers on a fascinating journey into the idea that there may be an extra dimension--in fact another universe--just inches away. Illustrations.
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Tracking the arc of discovery from early 20th-century physics to today's particle physics and string theory, a Harvard physics professor leads readers on a fascinating journey into the idea that there may be an extra dimension--in fact another universe--just inches away. Illustrations.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 499 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2004056376 Type of material Book Personal name Randall, Lisa. Main title Warped passages: unraveling the mysteries of the Universe's hidden dimensions / Lisa Randall. Edition 1st ed. Published/Created New York: Ecco, c2005. Description xii, 499 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0060531088 9780060531089 LC classification QC6. R26 2005 Summary Discusses dimensions of space, early twentieth-century advances, the physics of elementary particles, string theory and branes, and proposals for extra-dimension universes. Contents Introduction--Entryway passages: demystifying dimensions--Restricted passages: rolled-up extra dimensions--Exclusive passages: branes, braneworlds, and the bulk--Approaches to theoretical physics--Relativity: the evolution of Einstein's gravity--Quantum mechanics: principled uncertainty, the principal uncertainties, and the uncertainty principle--The standard model of particle physics: matter's most basic known structure--Experimental interlude: verifying the standard model--Symmetry: the essential organizing principle--The origin of elementary particle masses: spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism--Scaling and grand unification: relating interactions at different lengths and energies--The hierarchy problem: the only effective trickle-down theory--Supersymmetry: a leap beyond the standard model--Allegro (ma non troppo) passage for strings--Supporting passages: brane development--Bustling passages: braneworlds--Sparsely populated passages: multiverses and sequestering--Leaky passages: fingerprints of extra dimensions--Voluminous passages: large extra dimensions--Warped passage: a solution to the hierarchy problem--The warped annotated "Alice"--Profound passage: an infinite extra dimension--A reflective and expansive passage--Extra dimensions: are you in or out? --(In)conclusion. Subjects Physics--Philosophy. Particles (Nuclear physics) Cosmology. String models. Branes. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 530/.01 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm56592353
easy to read, nice writing style, just enough tech level to stay interesting without the boring heavy details that only a student would have to read. These books are for the individual interested in various scientific topics without getting to heavy handed in the math or concepts to make them a lifelong career.
OSUComp2Student2008
Mar 21, 2008
Alternate Dimensions
This book is a very easy read, its has such interesting information in it, and Randall manages to cover it in a simplistic manner. All your science fiction dreams are made into a possibility by Randall's coverage of Physics. Though it may be mostly theory, nonetheless it is very fun to think about her views on the formation of the universe. The author states that her goal is to show the current physics in an interesting and readable manner, and I find that she has accomplished her goal very well.
