The shadows of creation : dark matter and the structure of the universe

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The shadows of creation : dark matter and the structure of the universe

Michael Riordan and David N. Schramm

Oxford Univ. Press, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Picking up where Stephen Hawking left off in "A Brief History of Time", this book reveals what recent discoveries tell us about the origins and fate of the Universe. The authors explain clearly and simply why most of the Universe is invisible and describe the dramatic efforts to determine what dark matter might be. This book should be of interest to general readers and students (from undergraduate level upwards) and teachers of astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, and particle physics.

Table of Contents

  • The Big-Bang Universe
  • the particle connection
  • shadows of doubt
  • origins of the elements
  • the creation of matter
  • the birth of galaxies
  • the heavens at large
  • a burst of inflation
  • the shadow world
  • seeds of collapse
  • probing the cosmos.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA19580453
  • ISBN
    • 019286159X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 277 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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