Dark matter and the dinosaurs : the astounding interconnectedness of the universe
Randall, Lisa2016
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66 million years ago, a ten-mile-wide object from outer space hurtled into the Earth at incredible speed and destroyed the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. Where did it come from, and why? And how is this connected to dark matter - the most mysterious, elusive stuff in the universe, that interacts with gravity like ordinary matter but doesn't emit or absorb light. Astronomers know it's there but it is literally invisible. Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs tells the story of Big Bang theory, cosmological inflation, the makeup of the universe and our solar system's place in it; it's about mass extinctions through the ages, what we know has hit the Earth and what might hit us in the future. And it explores the radical idea that dark matter might ultimately have been responsible for the dinosaurs' extinction. This is a horizon-expanding tour of the cosmos that blends what we know about the universe with new thinking, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs is a book full of wonders, from a gifted scientist and writer.
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Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2016.
Collation:
xv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE -- 1.The Clandestine Dark Matter Society -- 2.The Discovery of Dark Matter -- 3.The Big Questions -- 4.Almost the Very Beginning: A Very Good Place to Start -- 5.A Galaxy Is Born -- pt. II AN ACTIVE SOLAR SYSTEM -- 6.Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites -- 7.The Short, Glorious Lives of Comets -- 8.The Edge of the Solar System -- 9.Living Dangerously -- 10.Shock and Awe -- 11.Extinctions -- 12.The End of the Dinosaurs -- 13.Life in the Habitable Zone -- 14.What Goes Around Comes Around -- 15.Flinging Comets from the Oort Cloud -- pt. III DECIPHERING DARK MATTER'S IDENTITY -- 16.The Matter of the Invisible World -- 17.How to See in the Dark -- 18.Socially Connected Dark Matter -- 19.The Speed of Dark -- 20.Searching for the Dark Disk -- 21.Dark Matter and Comet Strikes.
ISBN:
9781847923066
Dewey class:
523.1126
Language:
English
BRN:
288171
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 523.1126 RAN | Available |