4 percent universe: dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality

By:

Panek, Richard

Publication details: Mariner Books, 2011. Boston:Description: xviii, 297 p.; pb; 21 cmISBN:

9780547577579

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

523.1 PAN

Summary: In the past few years, a handful of scientists have been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, our books, and every planet, star, and galaxy. The rest - 96 percent of the universe - is completely unknown. Richard Panek tells the dramatic story of how scientists reached this cosmos-shattering conclusion, and what they..r..e doing to find this dark matter and an even more bizarre substance called dark energy. This is perhaps the greatest mystery in all of science, and solving it will bring fame, funding, and certainly a Nobel Prize.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the past few years, a handful of scientists have been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, our books, and every planet, star, and galaxy. The rest - 96 percent of the universe - is completely unknown. Richard Panek tells the dramatic story of how scientists reached this cosmos-shattering conclusion, and what they..r..e doing to find this dark matter and an even more bizarre substance called dark energy. This is perhaps the greatest mystery in all of science, and solving it will bring fame, funding, and certainly a Nobel Prize.

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