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Knocking On Heaven's Door
Lisa Randall
How Physics And Scientific Thinking Illuminate The Universe And The Modern World
Ecco
October 2012
On Sale: October 2, 2012
464 pages ISBN: 0061723738 EAN: 9780061723735 Kindle: B004XVN8EC Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Non-Fiction
One of Time magazine's 100 most influential people
in the world and the bestselling author of Warped
Passages, Lisa Randall is an expert in both particle
physics (the study of the smallest objects we know of) and
cosmology (the study of the largest). In this, her most
recent book, Randall takes us on an amazing tour through the
latest developments in physics—including a new preface
explaining the thrilling discovery of the Higgs boson—and
the theoretical concepts underlying this work.
Knocking on Heaven's Door also explores the role of
risk, creativity, uncertainty, beauty, and truth in
scientific thinking. Through provocative conversations with
leading figures in other fields, including chef David Chang,
forecaster Nate Silver, and screenwriter Scott Derrickson,
and through reflections on her own work, Randall makes an
impassioned argument in defense of science.
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