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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
Ecco
September 2005
On Sale: August 30, 2005
512 pages
ISBN: 0060531088
EAN: 9780060531089
Hardcover
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The universe has its secrets. It may even hide extra
dimensions, different from anything ever imagined. A whole
raft of remarkable concepts now rides atop the scientific
firmament, including parallel universes, warped geometry,
and threedimensional sink-holes. We understand far more
about the world than we did just a few short years ago --
and yet we are more uncertain about the true nature of the
universe than ever before. Have we reached a point of
scientific discovery so advanced that the laws of physics as
we know them are simply not sufficient? Will we all soon
have to accept explanations that previously remained in the
realm of science fiction? Lisa Randall is herself making these extraordinary
breakthroughs, pushing back the boundaries of science in her
research to answer some of the most fundamental questions
posed by Nature. For example, why is the gravitational field
from the entire Earth so defenseless against the small tug
of a tiny magnet? Searching for answers to such seemingly
irresolvable questions has led physicists to postulate extra
dimensions, the presence of which may lead to unimaginable
gains in scientific understanding. Randall takes us into the
incredible world of warped, hidden dimensions that underpin
the universe we live in, describing how we might prove their
existence, while examining the questions that they still
leave unanswered. Warped Passages provides an exhilarating overview that
tracks the arc of discovery from early twentieth-century
physics to the razor's edge of today's particle physics and
string theory, unweaving the current debates about
relativity, quantum mechanics, and gravity. In a highly
readable style sure to entertain and elucidate, Lisa Randall
demystifies the science and beguilingly unravels the
mysteries of the myriad worlds that may exist just beyond
the one we are only now beginning to know.
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