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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Sanders, Robert H. (1943-....)
Titre(s) : Deconstructing cosmology [Texte imprimé] / Robert H. Sanders,...
Publication : Cambridge, GB : Cambridge university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-144 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : Creation mythology ; The very early universe : inflation ; Precision cosmology
; The concordance model ; Dark energy ; Dark matter ; MOND ; Dark matter, MOND
and cosmology ; Plato's cave revisited.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
"The 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.
Clearly explains the prevailing Lambda-CDM cosmological paradigm and how it has developed,
in particular those observations supporting it and its overall consistency, Describes
the wide range and variety of dark matter search programs to demonstrate the ongoing
research efforts of scientists exploring the possible nature of dark matter, Details
the greatest problem for the cosmological paradigm, modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND),
and how this challenges it, Discusses the sociological and philosophical issues posed
by the paradigm and the danger of this sociology for the creative process in science"
-- From the publisher
Sujet(s) : Matière noire (astronomie)
Fond diffus cosmologique
Indice(s) Dewey :
523.112 6 (23e éd.) = Matière sombre (astronomie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-107-15526-8 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45208496d
Notice n° :
FRBNF45208496
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