Einstein's telescope : the hunt for dark matter and dark energy in the universe / Evalyn Gates.
2009
QB791.3 .G38 2009 (Mapit)
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Einstein's telescope : the hunt for dark matter and dark energy in the universe / Evalyn Gates.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780393062380
0393062384
0393062384
Publication Details
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 305 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Call Number
QB791.3 .G38 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
523.1/126
Summary
Evalyn Gates transports us to the edge of science to explore the tool that unlocks the secrets of dark matter and dark energy. Based on the theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing, or 'Einstein's Telescope', is enabling discoveries that are taking us towards the next revolution in scientific thinking--one that may change our understanding of where the Universe came from and where it is going.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-289) and index.
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