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050	0	0	_aQ172.5.S95 _bG64 2013
082	1		_a539.725 GOL _2
100	1		_aGoldberg, Dave _d(1974 -)
245	1	4	_aThe universe in the rearview mirror : _bhow hidden symmetries shape reality _c/ Dave Goldberg.
260			_aNew York _b: Dutton _c, 2013
300			_a330 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-315) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: In which I set everything up, so it's probably best not to skip ahead -- Antimatter : in which we learn why there is something rather than nothing -- Entropy : in which we explore where time comes from or whether it just is -- The cosmological principle : in which we learn why it is dark at night -- Emmy Noether : in which we determine what symmetry really means -- Relativity : in which we fail to build an intergalactic ansible -- Gravity : in which we learn why black holes don't last forever -- Replacement : in which we consider the design specifications for a teleportation device -- Spin : in which we investigate why you aren't a sentient cloud of helium and what a spoonful of neutron star would do to you -- Higgs : in which we explore the origin of mass and why physics isn't stamp collecting -- Hidden symmetries : in which objects in the mirror are closer than they appear -- Appendix -- Roadside attraction 1: The particle zoo -- Roadside attraction 2: A side of symmetrie.
520	3		_aThe "Ask a Physicist" columnist for io9.com explains how space, time, and everything in between are shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven recent discoveries about the universe.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aSymmetry
650		4	_aReality
650		4	_aPhysics
650		4	_aPhysics _x-Philosophy
650		4	_aCosmology
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