The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter Audiobook, by Govert Schilling Play Audiobook Sample

The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter Audiobook

The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter Audiobook, by Govert Schilling Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Joel Richards Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2022 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798765041642

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

27

Longest Chapter Length:

31:13 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

07:09 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

25:29 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

When you train a telescope on outer space, you can see luminous galaxies, nebulae, stars, and planets. But if you add all that together, it constitutes only 15 percent of the matter in the universe. Despite decades of research, the nature of the remaining 85 percent is unknown. We call it dark matter.

In The Elephant in the Universe, Govert Schilling explores the fascinating history of the search for dark matter. Evidence for its existence comes from a wealth of astronomical observations. Theories and computer simulations of the evolution of the universe are also suggestive: they can be reconciled with astronomical measurements only if dark matter is a dominant component of nature. Physicists have devised huge, sensitive instruments to search for dark matter, which may be unlike anything else in the cosmos—some unknown elementary particle. Yet so far dark matter has escaped every experiment. Indeed, dark matter is so elusive that some scientists are beginning to suspect there might be something wrong with our theories about gravity or with the current paradigms of cosmology. Schilling interviews both believers and heretics and paints a colorful picture of the history and current status of dark matter research, with astronomers and physicists alike trying to make sense of theory and observation.

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About Govert Schilling

Govert Schilling is an astronomy journalist and writer based in the Netherlands.

About Joel Richards

Joel Richards was the kid who did crazy things just to have a good story to tell afterward. On deciding to make his affection his profession, he received a BFA in acting and a BA in English from the University of Utah. He has narrated over 300 audiobooks and continues to tell his original stories to live audiences.