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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 : Mariner Books, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  523.1 P192f 2011    ---  Available
Edition 1st Mariner Books ed.
Description xviii, 297 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography 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.
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.
Subject Cosmology.
Physics.
Astrophysics.
Cover Title 4% universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
Added Title Four percent universe
ISBN 9780547577579
0547577575

 
    
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