Questions of Modern Cosmology Galileo's Legacy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: D'Onofrio, Mauro (Editor), Burigana, Carlo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Are we living in the "golden age" of cosmology? Are we close to understanding the nature of the unknown ingredients of the currently most accepted cosmological model and the physics of the early Universe? Or are we instead approaching a paradigm shift? What is dark matter and does it exist...