Out of this World, 2004
Colliding Universes, Branes, Strings, and Other Wild Ideas of Modern Physics

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Out of this world : Colliding Universes, Branes & other wild ideas of modern physics
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308 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback

Stephen Webb, author of WHERE IS EVERYBODY?, takes the interested amateur on a thrilling and enlightening tour of the amazing, even bizarre, new ideas of modern physics, including alternatives to the Big Bang, parallel universes, and an imaginary trip to the other side of the black hole.

1: Symmetry.- 2: Twin Pillars of Physics.- 3: Building Blocks of the Universe.- 4: The Standard Model.- 5: Guts and Susy.- 6: Higher Dimensions.- 7: Superstrings.- 8: The Story of M.- 9: Of Branes and Black Holes.- 10: Our World as a Hologram.- 11: When Worlds Collide.
Stephen Webb works in Learning and Teaching Solutions at the Open University, England, and is the author of WHERE IS EVERYBODY? (Copernicus Books, 2002.)
Stephen Webb, author of Where Is Everybody?, takes the interested amateur on a thrilling and enlightening tour of the amazing, even bizarre, new ideas of modern physics, including alternatives to the Big Bang, parallel universes, and an imaginary trip to the other side of the black hole.