副标题: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World: How Physics Illuminates the Universe and Just Might Save the World
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作者:LisaRandall
出版时间:2011-9-20
书籍简介:
The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of these developments and an impassioned argument for the significance of science.There could be no better guide than Lisa Randall. The bestselling author of Warped Passages is an expert in both particle physics (the study of the smallest objects we know of) and cosmology (the study of the largest). In Knocking on Heaven's Door, she explores how we decide which scientific questions to study and how we go about answering them. She examines the role of risk, creativity, uncertainty, beauty, and truth in scientific thinking through provocative conversations with leading figures in other fields (such as the chef David Chang, the forecaster Nate Silver, and the screenwriter Scott Derrickson), and she explains with wit and clarity th
作者简介:
丽莎•兰道尔
国际理论物理学权威，粒子物理学、弦理论、宇宙学专家。当今全球最权威的额外维度物理学家。挑战爱因斯坦，9年实验首度提出第五维空间，震惊全球物理界。
普林斯顿大学物理系第一位女性终身教授，哈佛大学、麻省理工学院第一位女性理论物理学终身教授。
《时代周刊》“100位最具影响力人物”之一，《纽约时报》超级畅销书作家，并登上《时尚》杂志封面。
