Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe
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“Splendidly satisfying reading, designed for a nonspecialist audience.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review The Washington Post - Marcia Bartusiak …cogent review of this intriguing topic…Gates aims to write for both professional scientists and laypeople, though she openly concedes that to newcomers some of these concepts will be "difficult to digest the first time through." In places her book does read like a textbook, but at least a textbook with style. A dry tome wouldn't ask you to look through the end of an empty wineglass to learn how dark matter can bend light due to the warps it imprints on space-time.
Glossary of AcronymsCh. 1 What Is the Universe Made Of? 3Ch. 2 A Revolution in Space and Time 32Ch. 3 A Cosmic Expansion 54Ch. 4 Einstein's Telescope 67Ch. 5 MACHOs and WIMPs 90Ch. 6 Black Holes and Planets 112Ch. 7 Weighing the Universe 137Ch. 8 Cold Dark Matter 159Ch. 9 Tracing the Invisible - and Finding Dark Matter 178Ch. 10 An Accelerating Universe 196Ch. 11 The Imprint of Dark Energy on the Cosmic Web 225Ch. 12 Gravity Waves 248Epilogue - Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Keys to the Next Revolution 266Notes 271Illustration Acknowledgments 290Index 293
