a ISBN 0-06-053109-6

a ISBN 978-00-6053109-6

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number QC6

b Item number .R26 2006

a Dewey Classification 530/.01

a Personal name Randall, Lisa.

a Title Warped passages :

b Remainder of title unraveling the mysteries of the Universe's hidden dimensions /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Lisa Randall.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Harper Perennial,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006.

a Extent xii, 499 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 21 cm.

a General note "An Ecco book."

a General note Originally published: New York : Ecco, 2005.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note 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? -- (In)conclusion.

a Summary, etc Discusses dimensions of space, early twentieth-century advances, the physics of elementary particles, string theory and branes, and proposals for extra-dimension universes.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Particles (Nuclear physics)

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cosmology.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element String models.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Branes.

a Uncontrolled related/analytical title New book titles (July, 2010)