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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensionsby: Lisa Randall  List Price: $15.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.65 You Save: $4.30 (27%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 530.01 EAN: 9780060531096 ISBN: 0060531096 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 512 Publication Date: September 01, 2006 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: September 19, 2006 Studio: Harper Perennial Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Review of Warped PassagesWarped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions As a physicist, I find most of the popularized literature, not really understandable by the general public. Often references are made to highly technical issues which layman think they understand, but don't really. I think that Prof. Randall's book goes a long way in writing an understandable book for the layman along with being well written. Rating:  - Very clear, balanced intro to modern physics and its frontiersI found Lisa Randall's "Warped Passages . . ." to be an extremely accessible book for the layperson because of its clarity and balanced emphasis on each of several competing and non-competing modern physics theories. Each of the several layperson-friendly books on physics that I have read contains an introductory set of chapters on which the main premise of the particular book is based. In terms of understandability, some are fair, others are adequate, and others are quite good. ... Read More Rating:  - A wasteVery disappointing. Poorly written. I wanted a detailed explanation of the new thoughts in physics and got a droll tedious lecture on physics. It was painful to plod through the entire book. Don't ... Rating: - Four reasons to purchaseLisa Randall is a theoretician working at the front line of modern physics, and this book essentially covers, without maths (an extraordinary achievement) Randall's path. The book starts with a coverage of relativity and quantum mechanics, each in small chapters, explains the role of symmetry and why it is important, and proceeds to the standard model of particle physics. That path is probably common to all physicists, and Randall shows in its simplest form, the standard model is not ... Read More Rating: - Why I was interested in science in the first placeFrom the moment I first saw this book I was intrigued. I have followed developments in high energy physics only occasionally since I graduated 10 years ago. After picking up Dr. Randall's book I started feeling that excitement for science that led me to physics in the first place. Warped Passages is written in a very accessible style, with many analogies attempting to clarify complex and non-intuitive concepts. My favorite was an explanation of the strong nuclear force using events from ... Read More 
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