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Author:

Webb, Stephen, 1963-

Title:

Out of this world : colliding universes, branes, strings, and other wild ideas of modern physics / Stephen Webb.

Publisher:

Copernicus Books in association with Praxis,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xii, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Physics--Popular works.
Physique--Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Natuurkunde.
Kosmologie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Gedanken physics -- The allegory of the cave -- The search for symmetry -- 1. Symmetry -- Symmetry in everyday life -- Snowflakes -- Symmetry in physics -- Groups : the mathematics of symmetry -- 2. Twin pillars of physics -- The global positioning system -- Physics on a large scale : the theory of general relativity -- Physics on a small scale : the weird world of the quantum -- When GR meets QM : big trouble at little distances -- 3. Building blocks of the universe -- Producing the fundamental particles -- Classifying the fundamental particles -- A first look at the fundamental particles -- 4. The standard model -- Our best theory -- Local gauge symmetry -- The electromagnetic interaction -- The strong interaction -- The weak interaction -- Electroweak unification and the Higgs -- The successes of the standard model -- The standard model is not a final theory -- 5. GUTS and SUSY -- Grand unification theories -- Supersymmetry -- Local supersymmetry -- 6. Higher dimensions -- Kaluza-Klein theory -- Yet more dimensions -- 7. Superstrings -- The early history of superstrings -- The first superstring revolution -- The fruits of the revolution -- 8. The story of M -- Electromagnetic duality -- Duality in strings -- M-theory -- Conclusion -- 9. Of branes and black holes -- Branes -- D-branes -- Black holes -- 10. Our world as a hologram -- Entropy -- The holographic principle -- The AdS/CFT correspondence -- Tying strings together : AdS/CFT and large N -- 11. When worlds collide -- Brane new world -- Probing the higher dimensions -- Why two branes are better than one : the Randall-Sundrum scenario -- Is spacetime really symmetric? -- The Ekpyrotic scenario : when worlds collide -- The anthropic principle -- Coming attractions -- Glossary.

ISBN:

9780387029306 (acid-free paper)
0387029303 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2004041822

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)