1: Preface
2: Physics as an art form
3: Science as a sport
4: The bothersome question of units
5: The scientific method
6: The three relativities
7: A first fast visit to the universe
8: More on the fundamental forces and their 'carriers'
9: Everything, so far
10: A parenthesis on quantum mechanics
11: Understanding relativity and quantum mechanics
12: Spin, statistics, supernovae, neutron stars and black holes
13: Parallel realms
14: A parenthesis on relativistic R2QFTs
15: The unification of forces
16: A parenthesis: Is basic science useful?
17: Back to twins
18: Some instruments of macro-physics
19: The discovery of gravitational wave emission
20: The direct detection of gravitational waves
21: Some instruments of micro-physics
22: The LHC and its detectors
23: The 'Higgs' boson, and its field in the 'vacuum'
24: Today's Standard Models of particles and gravity
25: The expansion of the Universe
26: Finding cosmic fossils
27: Where is the Cosmic Antimatter?
28: More on the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR)
29: Problems with the 'old' Big Bang Cosmology
30: Inflation
31: Limitations and peculiarities of the fundamental
interactions
32: The discreet symmetries of the fundamental interactions
33: Dark Matter
34: The origin of structures
35: The fate of the Universe
36: Back to the ether?
37: The crash
38: In spite of our admitted ignorance
Alvaro De Rújula was born in Madrid, where he studied physics and
obtained his PhD. He has worked in Italy (International Institute
of Theoretical Physics, Trieste), France (Institut des Hautes
Études Scientifiques), the USA (Harvard and Boston Universities)
and CERN (in various positions, from Summer Student to leader of
the Theory Division). He also is currently at the Instituto de
Física Teórica of the Autonomous University of Madrid
(IFT/UAM/CSIC). In the 1970's he contributed to the consolidation
of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, mainly QCD and its
charmed quarks. He has also worked on neutrinos (mass measurements
and Earth tomography), the
absence of antimatter in the Universe, how to discover the Higgs...
Few books have attempted to tell the full story of the microverse
and macroverse and their deep, unexpected connections. Alvaro De
Rújula's Enjoy Our Universe does so with success
*Michael S. Turner, Physics Today*
De Rújula guides readers through a thoughtful, well-structured
introduction to the basic elements of particle physics, general
relativity, and cosmology. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
*J. R. Burciaga, Colorado College, CHOICE connect *
...a truly original and unconventional essay for agile minds. There
are no doubts that this book will be appreciated not only by the
public but also by undergraduate students, teachers and active
scientists.
*Massimo Giovannini, CERN Courier*
... the author tries successfully to condense everything from
theoretical physics, to astronomy, to elementary particles and
everything in between in a small book meant for the
uninitiated.
*Nature Astronomy*
Alvaro De Rújula takes us on an exciting trip from the Big Bang, to
the Expanding Universe, to the intricacies of Quantum Physics,
telling us both how much we know, and how much we don't know. He
does this very personally, and with humor, insight and almost no
mathematics. What a fantastic journey!
*Barry Barish, Nobel Laureate in Physics, California Institute of
Technology*
Enjoy Our Universe is a spectacularly wide-ranging introduction to
the disciplines lying at the ends of the ladder of size: particle
theory and cosmology. De Rújula's light touch and imaginative
illustrations should make many fascinating aspects of these
fundamental sciences accessible to the canonical well-educated lay
reader. He offers a scientifically scrupulous description of all
you might care to know about our marvellous universe.
*Sheldon Lee Glashow, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Boston University*
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