The Weight of the Vacuum A Scientific History of Dark Energy /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kragh, Helge S. (Συγγραφέας), Overduin, James M. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Cosmology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Philosophy of Science.

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of cosmic acceleration due to dark energy, a discovery that is all the more perplexing as nobody knows what dark energy actually is. We put the modern concept of cosmological vacuum energy into historical context and show how it grew out...