Edge of Physics A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Name: Edge of Physics A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
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ISBN: 9780618884681

ISBN-10: 0618884688

ISBN-13: 9780618884681

Edition: 2010

Authors: Anil Ananthaswamy

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We know that physics is in crisis, with progress exceptionally slow and speculative theories going unproven. But what will finally break this logjam and get physics back on track? Anil Ananthaswamy wanted to answer this question, so he set off in search of physics' most audacious experiments--the telescopes and detectors that promise to shed new light on things like dark matter, dark energy, and quantum gravity (the phenomenon that string theory tries to explain). He soon found himself at the edge of the earth--in cold and remote and sometimes dangerous places. As it turns out, extreme physics requires extreme environments. Reporting back from some of the most inhospitable and dramatic…

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List price: $34.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Publication date: 3/2/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

ANIL ANANTHASWAMY is a consulting editor forNew Scientistin London, where he has also worked as a deputy news editor. Henbsp;alsonbsp;contributes toNational Geographic News.



List of Illustrations


Author's Note


Prologue



Monks and Astronomers



The Experiment That Detects Nothing



Little Neutral Ones



The Paranal Light Quartet



Fire, Rock, and Ice



Three Thousand Eyes in the Karoo



Antimatter over Antarctica



Einstein Meets Quantum Physics at the South Pole



The Heart of the Matter



Whispers from Other Universes


Epilogue



The Standard Model of Particle Physics



From the Big Bang to Now: The Standard Model of Cosmology


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index