Screen LibraryThe dark matter problem：a historical perspective
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 205 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521113014 0521113016 1801058202 9781801058209 |
| Index Number: | P145 |
| CLC: | P145.9 |
| Call Number: | P145.9/S215 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Early history of the dark matter hypothesis -- The stability of disk galaxies : the dark-halo solution -- Direct evidence : extended rotation curves of spiral galaxies -- The maximum-disk : light traces mass -- Cosmology and the birth of "Most astronomers and physicists now believe that the matter content of the Universe is dominated by dark matter: hypothetical particles which interact with normal matter primarily through the force of gravity. Though invisible to current direct detecti "Introduction is to discuss the past and present of the dark matter hypothesis: how it has developed that most astronomers and physicists now believe that the matter content of the Universe is dominated by an unseen, non-luminous substance that interact |