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The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality / Richard Panek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Panek, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Physics.
- Dark matter (Astronomy).
- Dark energy (Astronomy).
- Astrophysics.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 297 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Four percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- Title on dust jacket : 4 % universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
- Summary:
- In exhilarating and behind-the-scenes detail, Panek takes his readers on a tour of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the eureka moments and blind alleys, that have fueled the search, redefined science, and reinvented the universe.
- Science journalist Panek (The Invisible Century) offers an insider's view of the quest for what could be the ultimate revelation: the true substance of the unseen dark matter and energy that makes up some 96% of our universe.
- Contents:
- More than meets the eye. Let there be light ; What's out there ; Choosing halos
- Lo and behold. Getting in the game ; Staying in the game ; The game
- The face of the deep. The Flat Universe Society ; Hello, Lambda ; The tooth fairy twice
- Less than meets the eye. The curse of the Bambino ; The Thing ; Must come down.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-276) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780618982448 :
- 0618982442
- OCLC:
- 505420758
- Publisher Number:
- 99941664772
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