Warped passeges : unraveling the mysteries of the universe's hidden dimensions
by
 
Randall, Lisa

Title
Warped passeges : unraveling the mysteries of the universe's hidden dimensions

Author
Randall, Lisa

ISBN
9780060531096

Personal Author
Randall, Lisa

Publication Information
New York : Harper Perennial, 2006.

Physical Description
xii, 499 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

General Note
"An Ecco book." Originally published: New York : Ecco, 2005.

Abstract
Introduction -- Entryway passages : demystifying dimensions -- Restricted passages : rolled-up extra dimensions -- Exclusive passages : branes, braneworlds, and the bulk -- Approaches to theoretical physics -- Relativity : the evolution of Einstein's gravity -- Quantum mechanics : principled uncertainty, the principal uncertainties, and the uncertainty principle -- The standard model of particle physics : matter's most basic known structure -- Experimental interlude : verifying the standard model -- Symmetry : the essential organizing principle -- The origin of elementary particle masses : spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism -- Scaling and grand unification : relating interactions at different lengths and energies -- The hierarchy problem : the only effective trickle-down theory -- Supersymmetry : a leap beyond the standard model -- Allegro (ma non troppo) passage for strings -- Supporting passages : brane development -- Bustling passages : braneworlds -- Sparsely populated passages : multiverses and sequestering -- Leaky passages : fingerprints of extra dimensions -- Voluminous passages : large extra dimensions -- Warped passage : a solution to the hierarchy problem -- The warped annotated "Alice" -- Profound passage : an infinite extra dimension -- A reflective and expansive passage -- Extra dimensions : are you in or out? .

Subject Term
Physics Philosophy.
 
Cosmology
 
String models.
 
Particles (Nuclear physics)