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The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, And The Race To Discover The Rest Of Reality (2011)

by Richard Panek(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1851688218 (ISBN13: 9781851688210)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

ONEWorld Publications

review 1: I wanted this book to help me understand dark matter and dark energy. But after finishing it, I don't feel like I understand any more--except that it's too bad we are still dealing with a cosmological constant.The book is written as a history of the last 70 or so years of cosmological history. Lots of the stories involve conflicts and rivalries with other scientists and fights over telescope time. To be honest, that's what stuck with me more than anything else. But I still feel like I need to go find an actual treatise on dark matter and dark energy to supplement my knowledge of the history of the baby steps we've taken to reach this point.
review 2: Not only does this book give background information on the history, personalities, and politics involved wit... moreh the unfolding of dark matter/energy theory, but it makes the actual theory itself intelligible to non-scientists. About halfway through I thought it might have been dwelling on the political dimension of the allocation of scientific resources too much, but by the end I recognized that this was a vital part of the process of discovery. less

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