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The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- Title
- The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality / Richard Panek.
- Author
- Panek, Richard.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 297 p.; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Four percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- 4 % universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-276) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 18-851
- ISBN
- 9780618982448
- 0618982442
- LCCN
- 2010025838
- OCLC
- 505420758
- Author
- Panek, Richard.
- Title
- The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality / Richard Panek.
- Imprint
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-276) and index.
- Note
- Title on dust jacket : 4 % universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- Research Call Number
- JBE 18-851