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The 4 Percent Universe

The 4 Percent Universe Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality

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"Fascinating . . . One of the most important stories in the history of science."— Washington PostIn recent years, a handful of scientists has been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, and every star and planet. The rest is completely unknown.Richard Panek tells the dramatic story of how scientists reached this cosmos-shattering conclusion. In vivid detail, he narrates the quest to find the "dark" matter and an even more bizarre substance called dark energy that make up 96 percent of the universe. This is perhaps the greatest mystery in all of science, and solving it will bring fame, funding, and certainly a Nobel Prize. Based on hundreds of interviews and in-depth, on-site reporting, the book offers an intimate portrait of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the eureka moments and blind alleys, that have redefined science and reinvented the universe."A lively new account of twentieth-century (plus a little twenty-first-century) cosmology . . . The book is as much about how the science got done as about the science itself."—Salon.

Book information

ISBN: 9780547577579
Publisher: HMH Books
Imprint: Mariner Books
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Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 381g
Height: 210mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 22mm