Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World

From Barnes & NobleIf you catch yourself thinking that contemporary physics is a miraculous sideshow that lacks relevance in our lives, Lisa Randall's Knocking on Heaven's Door will awaken you into a whole new world. Her exhilarating tour of recent breakthrough ideas has already drawn praise from advance thinkers such as Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker, who praised her for "dazzling ideas.... Read this book today to understand the science of tomorrow." But perhaps the book's major contribution is its zestful defense of the importance of science for rational thought and rational actions. A natural choice for general science readers. (P.S. Time tabbed Lisa Randall as one of the world's 100 most influential people.)





Publishers WeeklyDispelling the idea that science is based on unchanging rules, Harvard physicist Randall (Warped Passages) offers an insider's view of modern physics, a vital, continually "evolving body of knowledge" in which previous ideas are always open to change—or even disposal, when researchers discover a theory which better fits observational evidence.