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Lisa Randall is an American theoretical physicist and professor at Harvard University. Her research has focused on particle physics and cosmology, particularly on extra dimensions and the fundamental structure of the universe.
Known for: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe, Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
Books by Lisa Randall
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall takes an audacious scientific question and turns it into an unforgettable intellectual journey: could an invisible form of matter in our galaxy have help...
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
This book explores the concept of extra dimensions in physics and cosmology, explaining how modern theories such as string theory and brane-world scenarios propose that our universe may have hidden di...
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Earth’s History Is Cosmically Exposed
Life on Earth often feels self-contained, as if biology unfolds according to local rules alone. Randall challenges that comforting intuition by showing that the history of life is repeatedly interrupted by events whose causes may originate far beyond our atmosphere. The fossil record is not a smooth...
From Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
Dark Matter Reveals Invisible Structure
Some of the universe’s most important ingredients cannot be seen directly. That is the paradox at the center of dark matter. Randall explains that dark matter does not emit, absorb, or reflect light the way ordinary matter does, which is why it remains invisible to telescopes. Yet its gravitational ...
From Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
The Sun Travels Through a Dynamic Galaxy
We often picture the solar system as stable and isolated, but Randall reminds us that the Sun is on a long, complex journey through the Milky Way. It orbits the galactic center while also bobbing up and down relative to the galactic plane. That motion means Earth’s environment is not fixed on the la...
From Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
A Dark Matter Disk May Exist
One of Randall’s most distinctive proposals is that dark matter might not be distributed only in a diffuse halo around the galaxy. Some portion of it, she suggests, could form a thinner disk embedded within the Milky Way, somewhat analogous to the visible disk made of stars and gas. This idea depend...
From Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
Comets Can Be Triggered, Not Random
A comet impact can appear like pure chance from the perspective of any one century, but Randall asks whether comet showers may have deeper causes. The Oort Cloud contains countless icy objects far from the Sun, loosely bound and vulnerable to disturbance. Passing stars, molecular clouds, and galacti...
From Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
The Dinosaur Extinction Gains New Context
The asteroid or comet impact that ended the dinosaurs’ reign is one of the best-supported catastrophic events in Earth’s history. Evidence such as the Chicxulub crater, global iridium layers, shocked quartz, and abrupt fossil turnover makes the case for an impact overwhelmingly strong. Randall does ...
From Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
About Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall is an American theoretical physicist and professor at Harvard University. Her research has focused on particle physics and cosmology, particularly on extra dimensions and the fundamental structure of the universe. She is known for her influential work on the Randall–Sundrum model and fo...
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Lisa Randall is an American theoretical physicist and professor at Harvard University. Her research has focused on particle physics and cosmology, particularly on extra dimensions and the fundamental structure of the universe. She is known for her influential work on the Randall–Sundrum model and fo...
Lisa Randall is an American theoretical physicist and professor at Harvard University. Her research has focused on particle physics and cosmology, particularly on extra dimensions and the fundamental structure of the universe. She is known for her influential work on the Randall–Sundrum model and for her efforts to make advanced physics accessible to the public through her writing.
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