{"product_id":"the-4-percent-universe-dark-matter-dark-energy-and-the-race-to-discover-the-rest-of-reality-9780547577579","title":"The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating . . . One of the most important stories in the history of science.\"-- \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn recent years, a handful of scientists has been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only 4 percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, and every star and planet. The rest is completely unknown.\u003cbr\u003eRichard Panek tells the dramatic story of how scientists reached this cosmos-shattering conclusion. In vivid detail, he narrates the quest to find the \"dark\" matter and an even more bizarre substance called dark energy that make up 96 percent of the universe. This is perhaps the greatest mystery in all of science, and solving it will bring fame, funding, and certainly a Nobel Prize. Based on hundreds of interviews and in-depth, on-site reporting, the book offers an intimate portrait of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the eureka moments and blind alleys, that have redefined science and reinvented the universe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lively new account of twentieth-century (plus a little twenty-first-century) cosmology . . . The book is as much about how the science got done as about the science itself.\"--\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Panek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547577579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2011 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD PANEK is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeeing and Believing\u003c\/i\u003e. He has frequently written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e--where \u003ci\u003eThe 4-Percent Universe\u003c\/i\u003e began as an article--as well as \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Richard Panek \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47876595351709,"sku":"9780547577579","price":36.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_57140052-ecd2-4e3d-956f-a4e223fcd399.jpg?v=1777382950","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-4-percent-universe-dark-matter-dark-energy-and-the-race-to-discover-the-rest-of-reality-9780547577579","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}