Beyond extreme physics.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Scientific American cutting-edge science
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781404214026
Subjects: Relativity (Physics); Particles (Nuclear physics); Quantum theory; Gravity; String models
Other titles: Scientific American.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: "The first few microseconds" / by Michael Riordan and William A. Zajc; title: "An echo of black holes" / by Theodore A. Jacobson and Renaud Parentani; title: "The illusion of gravity" / by Juan Maldacena; title: "The mysteries of mass" / by Gordon Kane; title: "Inconstant constants" / by John D. Barrow and John K. Webb; title: "Quantum black holes" / by Bernard J. Carr and Steven B. Giddings; title: "The string theory landscape" / by Raphael Bousso and Joseph Polchinski.