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Einstein's telescope : the hunt for dark matter and dark energy in the universe / Evalyn Gates.
- Title
- Einstein's telescope : the hunt for dark matter and dark energy in the universe / Evalyn Gates.
- Author
- Gates, Evalyn.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Text | Use in library | QB791.3 .G38 2009 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 305 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
- Summary
- Evalyn Gates transports us to the edge of science to explore the tool that unlocks the secrets of dark matter and dark energy. Based on the theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing, or 'Einstein's Telescope', is enabling discoveries that are taking us towards the next revolution in scientific thinking--one that may change our understanding of where the Universe came from and where it is going.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-289) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780393062380 (hardcover)
- 0393062384 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- ^^2008044455
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library