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Warped Passages

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

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Warped Passages

By: Lisa Randall
Narrated by: Donna Postel
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The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familiar three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable...for now.

Warped Passages is an altogether exhilarating journey that tracks the arc of discovery from early 20th-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.

©2005 Lisa Randall (P)2017 Tantor Physics Cosmology Astronomy & Space Science Black Hole Science Astronomy Mathematics
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the analogies ruined it for me. take those out and you have a 5 star

the analogies are stupid and dont help explain

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I really love Lisa's theory of the 2 branes on a higher dimensional Bulk. I have no background in physics, just curiosity. I understand maybe 75% of this book. as I was reading, I was coming up with ideas and she ended up addressing many of them. it was neat.

mind bending

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I found myself feeling diminutive after stopping the book after each session. Tough to detach from a soaring intellect.

perfect balance of requisite information building

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Interesting enough to get to the end but keeping all the features and characteristics of the myriad particles, dimensions and branes memorized was a challenge.

Physics textbook without the math

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A master class in how to hook a physics reader/listener. The analogies were clever, funny and memorable. I would have liked some of the mathematics, possibly layered so others could skip it. If Feynman could do it, so can you.

Extra Dimensional Cosmology with Clever Analogies

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