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| Author(s): | K. Freeman and G. McNamara |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISBN: | 0387276165 |
| Format: | softback |
| 158pp | |
| Price: | £19.50 |
| Review Date: | 06 December 2006 |
| Review: | About 96 per cent of the universe is made of dark material. This book follows the story, from the beginning of the 20th century, of mans’ quest for ‘what was missing’ when they looked at the universe – they called it ‘dark matter’. Looking for the solution to the dark matter problem poses the question ‘What is the universe made of?’ Chapters discuss: how to weigh galaxies; the discovery of dark matter in galaxies and clusters of galaxies; dwarf galaxies; gravity and starlight; the baryon inventory; massive compact halo objects; neutrinos; wimps and axions; and the beginning of matter. |