Bibliograph

The elephant in the universe, our hundred-year search for dark matter, Govert Schilling

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Label

The elephant in the universe, our hundred-year search for dark matter, Govert Schilling

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-345) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The elephant in the universe

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1322485394

Responsibility statement

Govert Schilling

Sub title

our hundred-year search for dark matter

Summary

"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"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

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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