2005. - 230 pages. ISBN13: 9780060531089
Dimensions of Space (and Thought)Entryway Passages: Demystifying Dimensions
Restricted Passages: Rolled-up Extra Dimensions
Exclusive Passages: Branes, Braneworlds, and the Bulk
Approaches to Theoretical Physics
Early Twentieth-Century AdvancesRelativity: The Evolution of Einstein's Gravity
Quantum Mechanics: Principled Uncertainty, the Principal Uncertainties, and the Uncertainty Principle
The Physics of Elementary ParticlesThe Standard Model of Particle Physics: Matter's Most Basic Known Structure
Experimental Interlude: Verifying the Standard Model
Symmetry: The Essential Organizing Principle
The Origin of Elementary Particle Masses: Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Mechanism Scaling and Grand Unification: Relating Interactions at Different lengths and Energies
The Hierarchy Problem: The Only Effective Trickle-Down Theory
Supersymmetry: A Leap Beyond the Standard Model
String Theory and BranesAllegro (Ma Non Troppo) Passage for Strings
Supporting Passages: Brane Development
Bustling Passages: Braneworlds
Proposals for Extra-Dimensional UniversesSparsely Populated Passages: Multiverses and Sequestering
Leaky Passages: Fingerprints of Extra Dimensions
Voluminous Passages: Large Extra Dimensions
Warped Passage: A Solution to the Hierarchy Problem
The Warped Annotated "Alice"
Profound Passage: An Infinite Extra Dimension
A Reflective and Expansive Passage
Closing ThoughtsExtra Dimensions: Are You In or Out?
(In)Conclusion
Math Notes
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