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24%OFFKatherine Freese - The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter - 9780691169187 - V9780691169187
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The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter

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Description for The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter Paperback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 color illus. 63 halftones. 11 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Science Essentials
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169187
SKU
V9780691169187
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99-15

About Katherine Freese
Katherine Freese is director of Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Stockholm, and professor of physics at the University of Michigan.

Reviews for The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter
In The Cosmic Cocktail, Professor Katie Freese offers a gripping first-person account of her life as a cosmologist. The recipe? Part memoir, part tutorial, part social commentary. Shaken, not stirred.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, host of the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey In prose as in life, Katherine Freese is never boring... Clear and accessible ... The Cosmic ... Read more

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