| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Scaling reality. What's so small to you is so large to me ; Unlocking secrets ; Living in a material world ; Looking for answers -- Scaling matter. The Magical Mystery Tour ; "Seeing" is believing ; The edge of the universe -- Machinery, measurements, and probability. One ring to rule them all ; The return of the ring ; Black holes that will devour the world ; Risky business ; Measurement and uncertainty ; The Cos and ATLAS experiments ; Identifying particles -- Modeling, predicting, and anticipating results. Truth, beauty, and other scientific misconceptions ; The Higgs Boson ;The world's next top model ; Bottom-up versus top-down -- Scaling the universe. Inside out ; What's so large to you is so small to me ; Visitors from the dark side -- Roundup. Think globally and act locally. |
| Summary |
If you catch yourself thinking that contemporary physics is a miraculous sideshow that lacks relevance in our lives, Lisa Randall's Knocking on Heaven's Door will awaken you into a whole new world. Her exhilarating tour of recent breakthrough ideas has already drawn praise from advance thinkers such as Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker, who praised her for "dazzling ideas.... Read this book today to understand the science of tomorrow." But perhaps the book's major contribution is its zestful defense of the importance of science for rational thought and rational actions. A natural choice for general science readers.. |
| Subject |
Science -- Social aspects.
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Physics -- Social aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780061723728 hardback acid free paper $29.99 |
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006172372X hardback acid free paper |
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