| Description |
xv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-396) and index. |
| Summary |
A renowned particle physicist draws on original research into dark matter to illuminate the surprising connections between deep space and life on Earth. |
| Contents |
The development of the universe. The clandestine dark matter society ; The discovery of dark matter ; The big questions ; Almost the very beginning: a very good place to start ; A galaxy is born -- An active solar system. Meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites ; The short, glorious lives of comets ; The edge of the solar system ; Living dangerously ; Shock and awe ; Extinctions ; The end of the dinosaurs ; Life in the habitable zone ; What goes around comes around ; Flinging comets form the oort cloud -- Deciphering dark matter's identity. The matter of the invisible world ; How to see in the dark ; Socially connected dark matter ; The speed of dark ; Searching for the dark disk ; Dark matter and comet strikes -- Conclusion: looking up. |
| Subject |
Dark matter (Astronomy)
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Cosmology.
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| ISBN |
9780062328472 (hardcover) |
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0062328476 (hardcover) |
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