Quintessence: The Mystery Of Missing Mass In The Universe - Hardcover

Krauss, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465037402 ISBN 13: 9780465037407

Publisher: Basic Books, 2000

Synopsis

Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse its expansion and begin to contract, or reach a delicately poised state where it simply persists forever? The answer depends on the amount and properties of matter in the universe, and that has given rise to one of the great paradoxes of modern cosmology: there is too little visible matter to account for the behavior we can see. Over ninety percent of the universe consists of ”missing mass” or ”dark matter” - what Lawrence Krauss, in his classic book, termed ”the fifth essence.”In this new edition of T he Fifth Essence , retitled Quintessence after the now widely accepted term for dark matter, Krauss shows how the dark matter problem is now connected with two of the hottest areas in recent cosmology: the fate of the universe and the ”cosmological constant.” With a new introduction, epilogue, and chapter updates, Krauss updates his classic for 1999 and shares one of the most stunning discoveries of recent years: an anti-gravity force that explains recent observations of a permanently expanding universe.

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence M. Krauss is the Chairman of Physics at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio. His popular books include the bestselling Physics of Star Trek, Beyond Star Trek, and Fear of Physics. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0465037402
• ISBN 13: 9780465037407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384