Resumen de Small world, big physics
Hebden explains how finding the magic formula can recreate the most exotic of cosmic objects in the humblest of settings. This spirit of tinkering, of exploring and learning about the real world by making smaller-scale models of it, is also alive in the physics lab. Many desirable things lie beyond the practical reach of physicists: recreating the first moments of the universe, playing freely with high-energy particles, wandering the fringes of a black hole. Whether a black hole fashioned from water waves, or a Higgs boson sculpted tom liquid helium, these are "analogues"--lovingIy crafted replicas of physical systems that, primed in the right way, can be made to work just like the original.
