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03553cam a22004574a 4500 001 919E636E2B0711DE8E590108A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20161116010312 008 040116s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2004041822 020 $a 9780387029306 (acid-free paper) 020 $a 0387029303 (acid-free paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d MUQ $d BAKER $d CRH $d NLGGC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QC24.5 $b .W43 2004 082 00 $a 539 $2 22 084 $a 33.00 $2 bcl 084 $a 39.30 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Webb, Stephen, $d 1963- 245 1 $a Out of this world : $b colliding universes, branes, strings, and other wild ideas of modern physics / $c Stephen Webb. 260 $a New York : $b Copernicus Books in association with Praxis, $c c2004. 300 $a xii, 308 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-302) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Physics $v Popular works. 650 6 $a Physique $v Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 650 17 $a Natuurkunde. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Kosmologie. $2 gtt 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy052/2004041822.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0817/2004041822-b.html 941 $a 7 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728013914.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926091859.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820075111.0 952 $l PYAX423 $d 20141220011910.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PHAX277 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=919E636E2B0711DE8E590108A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search