The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality

Summary: In exhilarating and behind-the-scenes detail, Panek takes his readers on a tour of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the eureka moments and blind alleys, that have fueled the search, redefined science, and reinvented the universe.

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ISBN: 9780618982448
ISBN: 0618982442
ISBN: 9780547577579
ISBN: 0547577575
Physical Description: print
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xvi, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-276) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	More than meets the eye. -- Let there be light -- What's out there -- Choosing halos -- Lo and behold. -- Getting in the game -- Staying in the game -- The game -- The face of the deep. -- The Flat Universe Society -- Hello, Lambda -- The tooth fairy twice -- Less than meets the eye. -- The curse of the Bambino -- The Thing -- Must come down.

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