The Cosmic Cocktail

Zusatztext "Freese mixes a stiff drink, but it goes down smoothly." ---Lisa Messeri, Journal for the History of Astronomy Informationen zum Autor Katherine Freese Klappentext The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe--from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars--constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one of the most compelling enigmas of modern science--what is the universe made of?--told by one of today's foremost pioneers in the study of dark matter. Many cosmologists believe we are on the verge of solving the mystery. The Cosmic Cocktail provides the foundation needed to fully fathom this epochal moment in humankind's quest to understand the universe. Zusammenfassung The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe--from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars--constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Freese, Freese Katherine
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2016
• EAN: 9780691169187
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16918-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Science Essentials; Science Essentials
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; popular science, SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology