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The cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe-from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars-constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is...
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Princeton University Press
2014
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author | Freese, Katherine |
author_facet | Freese, Katherine |
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description | The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe-from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars-constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one of the most compelling enigmas of modern science - what is the universe made of? - told by one of today's foremost pioneers in the study of dark matter. Blending cutting-edge science with her own behind-the-scenes insights as a leading researcher in the |
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spelling | cern-16293322021-04-21T21:33:37Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1629332engFreese, KatherineThe cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matterAstrophysics and AstronomyThe ordinary atoms that make up the known universe-from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars-constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one of the most compelling enigmas of modern science - what is the universe made of? - told by one of today's foremost pioneers in the study of dark matter. Blending cutting-edge science with her own behind-the-scenes insights as a leading researcher in thePrinceton University Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:16293322014-04-21 |
spellingShingle | Astrophysics and Astronomy Freese, Katherine The cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter |
title | The cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter |
title_full | The cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter |
title_fullStr | The cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter |
title_full_unstemmed | The cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter |
title_short | The cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter |
title_sort | cosmic cocktail: three parts dark matter |
topic | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1629332 |
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