Lisa Randall
â€œScience has a battle for hearts and minds on its handsâ€¦.How good it feels to have Lisa Randallâ€™s unusual blend of top flight science, clarity, and charm on our side.â€,â€”Richard Dawkins,â€œDazzling ideasâ€¦.Read this book today to understand the science of tomorrow.â€,â€”Steven Pinker,The bestselling author of ,Warped Passages,, one of ,Time, magazineâ€™s â€œ100 Most Influential People in the World,â€ and one of ,Esquireâ€™s, â€œ75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,â€Â  Lisa Randall gives us an exhilarating overview of the latest ideas in physics and offers a rousing defense of the role of science in our lives. Featuring fascinating insights into our scientific future born from the authorâ€™s provocative conversations with Nate Silver, David Chang, and Scott Derrickson, ,Knocking on Heavenâ€™s Door, is eminently readable, one of the most important popular science books of this or any year. It is a necessary volume for all who admire the work of Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Greene, Simon Singh, and Carl Sagan; for anyone curious about the workings and aims of the Large Hadron Collider, the biggest and most expensive machine ever built by mankind; for those who firmly believe in the importance of science and rational thought; and for anyone interested in how the Universe beganâ€¦and how it might ultimately end.
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Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World