Warped Passages (Paperback)

Lisa Randall

ISBN 10: 0141012978 / ISBN 13: 9780141012971

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2006

Paperback. 'A lucid explanation of the strange and powerful new ideas that physicists are working with to explain the nature of physical reality' Steven PinkerIn Warped Passages one of the world's most exciting scientists gives us a glimpse into our future. Incredibly readable - and illustrated throughout - it allows the general reader to understand the questions that scientists are dealing with at the frontiers of research today. Lisa Randall allows the reader to understand the kind of problems that extra dimensions might solve and the kind of speculation that is needed even to imagine them. She also gives an introduction to developments in early twentieth century physics, particle physics and string theory and addresses current debates about relativity, quantum mechanics and gravity - and she describes the questions that are still to be solved. Gives us a glimpse into our future. This book allows the reader to understand the questions that scientists deal with at the frontiers of research. It explains the kind of problems that extra dimensions might solve and the kind of speculation that is needed even to imagine them. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780141012971

Synopsis:

In Warped Passages one of the world's most exciting scientists gives us a glimpse into our future. Incredibly readable - and illustrated throughout - it allows the general reader to understand the questions that scientists are dealing with at the frontiers of research today. Lisa Randall allows the reader to understand the kind of problems that extra dimensions might solve and the kind of speculation that is needed even to imagine them. She also gives an introduction to developments in early twentieth century physics, particle physics and string theory and addresses current debates about relativity, quantum mechanics and gravity - and she describes the questions that are still to be solved.

About the Author:

Lisa Randall is an expert on particle physics, string theory, and cosmology. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, she has been a tenured professor at Princeton, MIT, and Harvard, and she is one of the most highly cited physicists in her field. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Warped Passages (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new
Edition: 1st Edition