Einstein's Telescope The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe

Name: Einstein's Telescope The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe
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ISBN: 9780393338010

ISBN-10: 0393338010

ISBN-13: 9780393338010

Edition: 2010

Authors: Evalyn Gates

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Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/22/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Evalyn Gates is the assistant director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, a senior research associate at the University of Chicago, and the former astronomy director of the Adler Planetarium. Her writing has appeared in Physics Today and the Chicago Tribune.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Glossary of Acronyms



What Is the Universe Made Of?



A Revolution in Space and Time



A Cosmic Expansion



Einstein's Telescope



MACHOs and WIMPs



Black Holes and Planets



Weighing the Universe



Cold Dark Matter



Tracing the Invisible-and Finding Dark Matter



An Accelerating Universe



The Imprint of Dark Energy on the Cosmic Web



Gravity Waves


Epilogue Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Keys to the Next Revolution


Notes


Illustration Acknowledgments


Index