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Dark matter and the dinosaurs : the astounding interconnectedness of the universe / Lisa Randall.

Randall, Lisa, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780062328472
Physical Description: xv, 412 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-396) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. The Development of the Universe. The clandestine dark matter society ; The discovery of dark matter ; The big questions ; Almost the very beginning : a very good place to start ; A galaxy is born -- Part II. An Active Solar System. Meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites ; The short, glorious lives of comets ; The edge of the solar system ; Living dangerously ; Shock and awe ; Extinctions ; The end of the dinosaurs ; Life in the habitable zone ; What goes around comes around ; Flinging comets from the Oort cloud -- Part III. Deciphering Dark Matter's Identity. The matter of the invisible world ; How to see in the dark ; Socially connected dark matter ; The speed of dark ; Searching for the dark disk ; Dark matter and comet strikes -- Conclusion: Looking up.