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The elephant in the universe : our hundred-year search for dark matter / Govert Schilling.
If existing models of the structure of the universe are correct, then 85 percent of the cosmos comprises a substance called dark matter. Yet no direct evidence of dark matter exists. Award-winning science journalist Govert Schilling details the quest to detect dark matter and how the search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780674248991
- ISBN: 0674248996
- Physical Description: xi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Ear: Matter, but not as we know it ; Underground phantoms ; The pioneers ; The halo effect ; Flattening the curve ; Cosmic cartography ; Big bang baryons ; Radio recollections -- Part II. Tusk: Into the cold ;Miraculous wimps ; Simulating the universe ; The heretics ; Behind the lens ; Macho culture ; The runaway universe ; Pie in the sky ; Telltale patterns -- Part III. Trunk: The xenon wars ; Catching the wind ; Messengers from outer space ; Delinquent dwarfs ; Cosmological tension ; Elusive ghosts ; Dark crisis ; Seeing the invisible. |
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| Subject: | Dark matter (Astronomy) > History. Cosmology > History. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Spring Island Public Library | 523.1 SCH (Text) | 33123009866170 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-08-13 |
