What Is Dark Matter?

by Peter Fisher

Book Overview

What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discover

Astronomical observations have confirmed dark matter's existence, but what exactly is dark matter? In What Is Dark Matter?, particle physicist Peter Fisher introduces readers to one of the most intriguing frontiers of physics. We cannot actually see dark matter, a mysterious, nonluminous form of matter that is believed to account for about 27 percent of the mass-energy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691148341
• ISBN13: 9780691148342
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.1"