| Description |
xxvii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: The fifth essence. c1989. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: A new Copernican revolution? -- PART I: THE STUFF OF MATTER: Making something out of nothing -- Filling the void -- PART II: WEIGHING THE UNIVERSE...AND COMING UP SHORT: First light on the darkness -- Beyond our island in the night -- PART III: WHY THE UNIVERSE IS FLAT: THE BIG BANG, LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE, AND THE NEED FOR SOMETHING NEW: Cooking with gas -- The tip of the iceberg -- PART IV: THE NEUTRINO SAGA AND THE BIRTH OF COLD DARK MATTER: The obvious choice? -- Cold gets hot -- Cold, colder, coldest: the new improved standard model -- PART V: THE CANDIDATES: All roads lead to dark matter -- Three modest proposals -- PART VI; DESPERATELY SEEKING DARK MATTER: The music of the spheres? -- Of thermometers and radios -- Searching for nothing? -- Epilogue: The best of times? -- Appendix A: Orders of magnitude and the scale of the universe -- Appendix B: A really brief history of time. |
| Subject |
Dark matter (Astronomy)
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| Added Author |
Krauss, Lawrence M., 1954-
Fifth essence.
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| ISBN |
0465037402 |
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0465037410 paperback |
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