Bibliograph

Knocking on heaven's door, how physics and scientific thinking illuminate the universe and the modern world, Lisa Randall

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Knocking on heaven's door, how physics and scientific thinking illuminate the universe and the modern world, Lisa Randall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Knocking on heaven's door

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

703206321

Responsibility statement

Lisa Randall

Sub title

how physics and scientific thinking illuminate the universe and the modern world

Summary

"From the one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World"-- and bestselling author of Warped Passages--an exhilarating and readable overview of the latest ideas in physics and a rousing defense of the role of science in our lives"--Provided by publisher

Table Of 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 CMS 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

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