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| 050 | 00 | $aQB791.3$b.K73 1989 |
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| 100 | 1_ | $aKrauss, Lawrence M.,$d1954- |
| 245 | 14 | $aThe fifth essence :$bthe search for dark matter in the universe /$cLawrence M. Krauss. |
| 264 | _1 | $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c[1989] |
| 264 | _4 | $c©1989 |
| 300 | $axvii, 342 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm | |
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| 337 | $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia | |
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| 504 | $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [331]-332). | |
| 505 | 0_ | $apt. I. The stuff of matter. Making something out of nothing -- Filling the void -- pt. II. Weighing the universe...and coming up short. First light on the darkness -- Beyond our island in the night -- pt. III. Why the universe is flat: the big bang, large-scale structure, and the need for something new. Cooking with gas -- The tip of the iceberg -- pt. IV. The neutrino saga and the birth of cold dark matter. The obvious choice? -- Cold gets hot -- pt. V. The candidates. All roads lead to dark matter -- Three modest proposals -- pt. VI. Desperately seeking dark matter. The music of the spheres? -- Of thermometers and radios -- Epilogue: The best of times? -- Appendix A. Orders of magnitude and the scale of the universe -- Appendix B. A really brief history of time. |
| 520 | $aMore than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle proposed adding a new substance to the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water--quintessence. Here, there is overwhelming evidence that more than 90 percent of the universe is made up of a mysterious form of matter. Illustrated. | |
| 650 | _0 | $aDark matter (Astronomy) |
| 997 | $aMARCIVE | |