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The edge of physics, a journey to Earth's extremes to unlock the secrets of the universe, Anil Ananthaswamy

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The edge of physics, a journey to Earth's extremes to unlock the secrets of the universe, Anil Ananthaswamy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-297) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The edge of physics

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bibliography

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317917984

Responsibility statement

Anil Ananthaswamy

Sub title

a journey to Earth's extremes to unlock the secrets of the universe

Summary

Ananthaswamy weaves together stories about the people and places at the heart of today's research in physics, while beautifully explaining the problems that scientists are trying to solve. In so doing, he provides a unique portrait of the universe and our quest to understand it

Table Of Contents

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 -- Appendix I. The standard model of particle physics -- Appendix II. From the Big Bang to now : the standard model of cosmology

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