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020			_a9781316651568 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aQB981 _b.S318 2016
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100	1		_aSanders, Robert H., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDeconstructing cosmology / _cRobert H. Sanders.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2016.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 144 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2016).
520			_aThe advent of sensitive high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation and their successful interpretation in terms of the standard cosmological model has led to great confidence in this model's reality. The prevailing attitude is that we now understand the Universe and need only work out the details. In this book, Sanders traces the development and successes of Lambda-CDM, and argues that this triumphalism may be premature. The model's two major components, dark energy and dark matter, have the character of the pre-twentieth-century luminiferous aether. While there is astronomical evidence for these hypothetical fluids, their enigmatic properties call into question our assumptions of the universality of locally determined physical law. Sanders explains how modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is a significant challenge for cold dark matter. Overall, the message is hopeful: the field of cosmology has not become frozen, and there is much fundamental work ahead for tomorrow's cosmologists.
650		0	_aCosmology.
650		0	_aDark matter (Astronomy)
650		0	_aCosmic background radiation.
650		0	_aNewtonian cosmology.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107155268
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316651568
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