Dark Side of the Universe Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Cosmos

Name: Dark Side of the Universe Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Cosmos
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ISBN: 9780801885921

ISBN-10: 0801885922

ISBN-13: 9780801885921

Edition: 2007

Authors: Iain Nicolson

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Once we thought the universe was filled with shining stars, dust, planets, and galaxies. We now know that more than 98 percent of all matter in the universe is dark. It emits absolutely nothing yet bends space and time; keeps stars speeding around galaxies; and determines the fate of the universe. But dark matter is only part of the story. Scientists have recently discovered that the expansion of the universe is speeding up, driven by a mysterious commodity called dark energy. Depending on what dark matter and energy happen to be, our seemingly quiet universe could end its days in a Big Rip, tearing itself apart, or a Big Crunch, collapsing down to a universe the size of nothing, ready to…

Book details

List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 2.376
Language: English




Anatomy of the cosmos



Big Bang and cosmic destiny



More than meets the eye



The rise and fall of MACHOs



It's matter : but not as we know it



The challenge of MOND : does dark matter exist at all?



The WIMP hunters



Matter is not enough



Runaway universe : exploding stars point to accelerating expansion



Einstein's greatest blunder?



Dark energy - the prime mover



Testing the new cosmology


Epilogue : a good time to be here