The dark matter problem : a historical perspective / Robert H. Sanders.
The dark matter problem : a historical perspective / Robert H. Sanders.
The dark matter problem : a historical perspective / Robert H. Sanders.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N523.1126/3
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English
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viii, 205 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
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 astroparticle physics -- Clusters revisited :...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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"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 interacts with ordinary matter, protons, neutrons and electrons, primarily through the force of gravity"-...
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The dark matter problem : a historical perspective / Robert H. Sanders.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N523.1126/3
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74VKqNADg8xZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqNADg8xZ
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0521113016
9780521113014
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523.1126
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991020330499702626
