TY  - BOOK
AU  - Randall,Lisa
TI  - Warped passages: unraveling the mysteries of the Universe's hidden dimensions 
SN  - 0060531088
AV  - QC6 .R26 2005
U1  - 530/.01 22
PY  - 0000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Ecco
KW  - Physics
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Particles (Nuclear physics)
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - String models
KW  - Branes
KW  - Physique
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Cosmologie
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; I. Dimensions of space (and thought). Introduction ; Entryway passages : demystifying dimensions ; Restricted passages : rolled-up extra dimensions ; Exclusive passages : branes, braneworlds, and the bulk ; Approaches to theoretical physics -- II. Early twentieth-century advances. Relativity : the evolution of Einstein's gravity ; Quantum mechanics : principled uncertainty, the principal uncertainties, and the uncertainty principle -- III. The physics of elementary particles. 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 -- IV. String theory and branes. Allegro (ma non troppo) passage for strings ; Supporting passages : brane development ; Bustling passages : braneworlds -- V. Proposals for extra-dimensional universes. 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 -- VI. Closing thoughts. Extra dimensions : are you in or out? ; (In)conclusion -- Glossary -- Math notes
N2  - Discusses dimensions of space, early twentieth-century advances, the physics of elementary particles, string theory and branes, and proposals for extra-dimension universes
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UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2004056376-d.html
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