The Fifth Essence
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0465023754 / Publisher: Basic Books, December 1989
Examines the work of scientists seeking to prove the existence of an elusive fifth essence, an invisible form of matter which may occupy ninety-percent of the universe
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Krauss (physics and astronomy, Yale) chronicles the progress by which he thinks "we have come to brink of what may be the ultimate Copernican `revolution'" through the search for dark matter. A readable account of a puzzle that ties together the large-scale structure of the universe and the fundamental nature of matter. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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