Knocking on Heaven's Door (book)

For other uses, see Knockin' on Heaven's Door (disambiguation).
Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
Hardcover edition
AuthorLisa Randall
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhysics, cosmology
GenreNon-fiction
PublishedSeptember 20, 2011
PublisherEcco Press
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages464 pp.
ISBN978-0061723728
Preceded byWarped Passages 
Followed byHiggs Discovery 

Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World is the second non-fiction book by Lisa Randall.[1][2][3][4][5] It was initially published on September 20, 2011, by Ecco Press. The title is explained in the text: "Scientists knock on heaven's door in an attempt to cross the threshold separating the known from the unknown."[6]

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  3. ^ HOLT, JIM (October 7, 2011). "Will the Large Hadron Collider Explain Everything?". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  4. ^ Darracott-Cankovic, Chloe (September 1, 2011). "Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World - All becomes clear in an admirable account of the hunt for the Higgs Boson, writes Athene Donald". timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  5. ^ "Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World". kirkusreviews.com. May 19, 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  6. ^ Randall, Lisa (2 October 2012). Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World by Lisa Randall. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0061723735.