Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden DimensionsThe universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for now. Warped Passages is a brilliantly readable and altogether exhilarating journey that tracks the arc of discovery from early twentieth-century physics to the razor's edge of modern scientific theory. One of the world's leading theoretical physicists, Lisa Randall provides astonishing scientific possibilities that, until recently, were restricted to the realm of science fiction. Unraveling the twisted threads of the most current debates on relativity, quantum mechanics, and gravity, she explores some of the most fundamental questions posed by Nature—taking us into the warped, hidden dimensions underpinning the universe we live in, demystifying the science of the myriad worlds that may exist just beyond our own. |
Contents
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Approaches to Theoretical Physics | 63 |
The Physics of Elementary Particles | 150 |
Verifying the Standard Model | 179 |
The Essential Organizing Principle | 190 |
Brane Development | 303 |
Braneworlds | 321 |
Proposals for ExtraDimensional Universes | 334 |
Fingerprints of Extra Dimensions | 351 |
Large Extra Dimensions | 362 |
A Solution to the Hierarchy Problem | 385 |
The Warped Annotated Alice | 414 |
A Reflective and Expansive Passage | 433 |
Spontaneous | 203 |
Relating Interactions | 221 |
The Only Effective | 240 |
A Leap Beyond the Standard Model | 256 |
Allegro Ma Non Troppo Passage for Strings | 277 |
Closing Thoughts | 446 |
InConclusion | 455 |
Math Notes | 472 |
Permissions | 481 |