内容简介
Theuniversehasmanysecrets.Itmayhideadditionaldimensionsofspaceotherthanthefamilierthreewerecognize.Theremightevenbeanotheruniverseadjacenttoours,invisibleandunattainable...fornow.WarpedPassagesisabrilliantlyreadableandaltogetherexhilaratingjourneythattracksthearcofdiscoveryfromearlytwentieth-centuryphysicstotherazor'sedgeofmodernscientifictheory.Oneoftheworld'sleadingtheoreticalphysicists,LisaRandallprovidesastonishingscientificpossibilitiesthat,untilrecently,wererestrictedtotherealmofsciencefiction.Unravelingthetwistedthreadsofthemostcurrentdebatesonrelativity,quantummechanics,andgravity,sheexploressomeofthemostfundamentalquestionsposedbyNature—takingusintothewarped,hiddendimensionsunderpinningtheuniversewelivein,demystifyingthescienceofthemyriadworldsthatmayexistjustbeyondourown.
作者简介
LisaRandallisanexpertonparticlephysics,stringtheory,andcosmology.AmemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesandawinneroftheAlfredP.SloanFoundationResearchFellowship,shehasbeenatenuredprofessoratPrinceton,MIT,andHarvard,andsheisoneofthemosthighlycitedphysicistsinherfield.ShelivesinCambridge,Massachusetts.