The Dark Side of the Universe: A Scientist Explores the Mysteries of the Cosmos

by James Trefil

Overview

Award-winning writer and physicist James Trefil takes the reader on a tantalizing journey to the outer reaches of the universe and examines one of astronomy's most recent discoveries--that the nighttime sky seen by the human eye represents little more than a minor portion of the universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780385262125
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/28/1989
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

James Trefil, the Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University, is the author of more than 40 books and 100 articles in professional journals. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the World Economic Forum. He is the recipient of the Andrew Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics, the Westinghouse and Subaru Awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the 2008 Science Writing Award from the American Physical Society.

Editorial Reviews

Astrophysicists now believe that at least 90% of the universe is composed of material we cannot see--``dark matter.'' Trefil ``takes readers to the outermost frontiers of the new cosmology in this wonderfully readable tour of an Alice-in-Wonderland universe that is growing curiouser and curiouser,'' praised PW. (Sept.)

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