Abstract
1. Introduction; 2. Early history of the dark matter hypothesis; 3. The
stability of disk galaxies: the dark halo solutions; 4. Direct evidence:
extended rotation curves of spiral galaxies; 5. The maximum disk: light
traces mass; 6. Cosmology and the birth of astroparticle physics; 7.
Clusters revisited: missing mass found; 8. CDM confronts galaxy rotation
curves; 9. The new cosmology: dark matter is not enough; 10. An
alternative to dark matter: Modified Newtonian Dynamics; 11. Seeing dark
matter: the theory and practice of detection; 12. Reflections: a
personal point of view; Appendix; References; Index.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Number of pages | 214 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1107677180 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb-2014 |