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    Knocking on heaven's door : how physics and scientific thinking illuminate the universe and the modern world / Lisa Randall.
    by Randall, Lisa.
    New York : Ecco, c2011.
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    xxi, 442 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    Contents: 
    Scaling Reality. What's so small to you is so large to me ; Unlocking secrets ; Living in a material world ; Looking for answers -- Scaling Matter. The magical mystery tour ; "Seeing" is believing ; The edge of the universe -- Machinery, Measurements, and Probability. One ring to rule them all ; The return of the ring ; Black holes that will devour the world ; Risky business ; Measurement and uncertainty ; The CMS and ATLAS experiments ; Identifying particles -- Modeling, Predicting, and Anticipating Results. Truth, beauty, and other scientific misconceptions ; The Higgs boson ; The world's next top model ; Bottom-up versus top-down -- Scaling the Universe. Inside out ; What's so large to you is so small to me ; Visitors from the dark side -- Roundup. Think globally and act locally.
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    006172372X (hardback : acid free paper)
    9780061723728 (hardback : acid free paper)
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