Foreword by Stephen W Hawking. viii, 277pp, b/w ills/diagrams, bibliography, index. A blank white label has been attached to the publications page (no text affected). Paperback. The book examines what is known of dark matter and explores its possible impact on the motions of galaxies, their composition and their distribution in the vastness of space. Along the way the book describes the efforts to determine the nature of dark matter, why most of the universe is invisible and how it all affects the world we live in. Size: 8vo.

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Titre

The Shadows of Creation : Dark Matter and the Structure of the Universe

�diteur

W. H. Freeman & Co., New York

Date de parution

1991

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

0716721570

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9780716721574

Reliure

Soft Cover

�dition

Paperback.

�tat de l'article

Very Good

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More than 90 percent of the Universe is unseen, unknown. Ordinary telescopes cannot detect it - nor can radio antennas. Yet there is convincing evidence that it exists - as something called "dark matter". At the same time, recent discoveries about the structure of the Universe are challenging accepted views about its very origins. Michael Riordan and David Schramm explore a scientific mystery: What is this dark matter? What does it have to-do with the structure of the universe - the uncountable galaxies and clusters of galaxies that constitute the firmament? What does it tell us about the birth of our universe? Riordan and Schramm explore these questions, as they describe efforts underway at observatories, laboratories and particle colliders to determine the nature of dark matter. "The Shadows of Creation" is an account of the complicated puzzles that challenge today's physicists and cosmologists.

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