The Resource The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality, Richard Panek
The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality, Richard Panek
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- Summary
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 297 p.
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780618982448
- Label
- The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- Title
- The 4 percent universe
- Title remainder
- dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Panek
- Title variation
- The four-percent universe
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Panek, Richard
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QB981
- LC item number
- .P36 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cosmology
- Physics
- Astrophysics
- Label
- The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality, Richard Panek
- 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
- Control code
- 505420758
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 297 p.
- Isbn
- 9780618982448
- Lccn
- 2010025838
- System control number
- (OCoLC)505420758
- Label
- The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality, Richard Panek
- 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
- Control code
- 505420758
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 297 p.
- Isbn
- 9780618982448
- Lccn
- 2010025838
- System control number
- (OCoLC)505420758
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