Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe »

Evalyn Gates is the assistant director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, a senior research associate at the University of Chicago, and the former astronomy director of the Adler Planetarium. Her writing has appeared in Physics Today and the Chicago Tribune.

“Splendidly satisfying reading, designed for a nonspecialist audience.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

The Washington Post - Marcia Bartusiak

…cogent review of this intriguing topic…Gates aims to write for both professional scientists and laypeople, though she openly concedes that to newcomers some of these concepts will be "difficult to digest the first time through." In places her book does read like a textbook, but at least a textbook with style. A dry tome wouldn't ask you to look through the end of an empty wineglass to learn how dark matter can bend light due to the warps it imprints on space-time.

Glossary of Acronyms

Ch. 1 What Is the Universe Made Of? 3

Ch. 2 A Revolution in Space and Time 32

Ch. 3 A Cosmic Expansion 54

Ch. 4 Einstein's Telescope 67

Ch. 5 MACHOs and WIMPs 90

Ch. 6 Black Holes and Planets 112

Ch. 7 Weighing the Universe 137

Ch. 8 Cold Dark Matter 159

Ch. 9 Tracing the Invisible - and Finding Dark Matter 178

Ch. 10 An Accelerating Universe 196

Ch. 11 The Imprint of Dark Energy on the Cosmic Web 225

Ch. 12 Gravity Waves 248

Epilogue - Dark Matter and Dark Energy: Keys to the Next Revolution 266

Notes 271

Illustration Acknowledgments 290

Index 293