Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
by Lisa Randall
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Author: Lisa RandallEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-01
ISBN: 0060531096
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: Convoluted passages
Summary: 2 Stars
This book starts well, with an intuition filled explanation of the notion of extra dimensions and how diferent worlds or branes can exist within them. Then begins a long descent into into the mire of the standard model, supersymetry and string theory. I had hoped to get some insight into how a lower dimension universe such as ours could exist within a higer dimensional cosmos (or how a brane can exist within a bulk) - and I think the book does manage that. It is also clear, that multi-dimensions and string theory look like the best bet for explaining the rather bizarre behaviour of the subatomic particles generated in collider experiments. At the same time, it soon becomes fairly evident that trying to explain all this stuff without using mathematics is like trying to run uphill with a large anchor on your back. Another big beef I have with this book is the awesome lack of diagrams and pictures. Surely a book about a geometry should have some geometry in it? The writer has a habit of saying the same thing five or more times - and if you didn't get it the first time, you surely won't get it on the fifth! Families of particles.... what about a few tables or family trees to bring order to the chaos? No such luck. Most of this book seems to read like a long linguistic doodle. The writer is no-doubt a genius, but being trapped in her mind is like falling down a wormhole.
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