Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World Paperback - 2012
by Lisa Randall
The bestselling author of "Warped Passages," one of "TIME" magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World," gives an exhilarating overview of the latest ideas in physics and offers a rousing defense of the role of science in everyday life.
From the rear cover
One of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world and the bestselling author of Warped Passages, Lisa Randall is an expert in both particle physics (the study of the smallest objects we know of) and cosmology (the study of the largest). In this, her most recent book, Randall takes us on an amazing tour through the latest developments in physics--including a new preface explaining the thrilling discovery of the Higgs boson--and the theoretical concepts underlying this work.
Knocking on Heaven's Door also explores the role of risk, creativity, uncertainty, beauty, and truth in scientific thinking. Through provocative conversations with leading figures in other fields, including chef David Chang, forecaster Nate Silver, and screenwriter Scott Derrickson, and through reflections on her own work, Randall makes an impassioned argument in defense of science.
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- Title Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
- Author Lisa Randall
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press, New York
- Date 2012-10-02
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780061723735 / 0061723738
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.2 in (19.81 x 13.46 x 3.05 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Science - Social aspects, Physics - Social aspects
- Dewey Decimal Code 500
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