Explores recent research into dark matter and its impact on the composition of the universe and the motions of galaxies, and describes efforts to determine what dark matter might be

Shadows of Creation: Dark Matter and the Structure of the Universe

Riordan, Michael

Schramm, David N.

W.H.Freeman & Co.

The Shadows of Creation: Dark Matter and the Structure of the Universe

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Particle physicists explore the microworld of the atom; cosmologists study the universe on a grand scale. From Quarks to the Cosmos follows the dramatic merger of these fields as they seek to define the connections among all structures, great and small - the so-called 'theory of everything'. Leon M. Lederman shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in physics. "Definitely one of my books of the year." New Scientist

From Quarks to the Cosmos: Tools of Discovery (Scientific American Library)

Lederman, Leon M.

Particle physicists explore the microworld of the atom; cosmologists study the universe on a large scale. This study follows the merger of these fields as the authors seek to define the “ theory of everything” . It describes the development of the current views of the nature of space, time, matter and fundamental forces, and explores what these views reveal about the formation of the universe. The text expands on some of the discoveries of 20th-century science, the explorations of inner space and outer space, and of the promises they hold for decoding beginnings, ends and the ultimate laws of nature.

From Quarks to the Cosmos: Tools of Discovery (Scientific American Library Series, Vol. 28)

Physics

This volume of important papers by one the world's leading astrophysicists provides a sweeping survey of the incisive and exciting applications of nuclear and particle physics to a wide range of problems in astrophysics and cosmology.The prime focus of the book is on Big Bang cosmology and the role of primordial nucleosynthesis in establishing the modern consensus on the Big Bang. This leads into the connection of cosmology to particle physics and the constraints put on various elementary particles by astrophysical arguments. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis has also led to the argument for nonbaryonic dark matter and is thus related to the major problem in physical cosmology today, namely, structure formation. The nuclear-particle interface with astrophysics also extends to the other topics of major interest such as the age of the universe, cosmic rays, supernovae, and solar neutrinos, each of which will be discussed in some detail. Each section contains historical papers, current papers, and frequently a popular article on the subject which provides an overview of the topic.This volume is testimony to the success of the integration of nuclear and particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology, and to the ingenuity of the work in this area which has earned the author numerous prestigious awards. The book, which is accessible to beginning graduate students, should be of particular interest to researchers and students in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation, and also in high energy and nuclear physics.

BIG BANG AND OTHER EXPLOSIONS IN NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS, THE

World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Proceedings of th 18th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics &amp; Cosmology held in Chicago, Illinois from the 15th to the 20th of December, 1996. DLC: Relativistic astrophysics.

Eighteenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology

Olinto, Angela V.

Frieman, Joshua A.

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