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

Informationen zum Autor Iain Nicolson is a writer, lecturer, and occasional broadcaster on astronomy and space science. A Visiting Fellow of the University of Hertfordshire and a contributing consultant to Astronomy Now , he is a frequent contributor to BBC Television's The Sky at Night . His most recent books include Unfolding Our Universe and Stars and Supernovas . Klappentext For the general reader and armchair astronomer alike, Iain Nicolson's fascinating account shows how our ideas about the nature and the content of the universe have developed. He highlights key discoveries, explains underlying concepts, and examines current thinking on dark matter and dark energy. He describes techniques that astronomers use to explore the remote recesses of the cosmos in their quest to understand its composition, evolution, and ultimate fate.

Product details

• Authors: Iain Nicolson, Nicolson Iain
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780801885921
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8592-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 286 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Geowissenschaften, Science, Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Astronomy, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Physics, Cosmology & the universe, Astronomy, space & time, Earth Sciences, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, astrophysics;astronomy