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Originally Posted by Ipso Facto  How old is the book - I wasn't aware that Patrick Moore was still an active author and that leads onto my second question ... |
It was originallly published in late 2006, with an update, late last year, written in conjunction with fellow Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott (a cosmology expert) and Queen guitarist Brian May, who is an accomplished Astronomer, and Physicist.
Amazon.co.uk: Bang! The Complete History of the Universe: Books: Brian May,Sir Patrick Moore,Chris Lintott Quote:
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... Does that hypothesis include dark matter?
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Yep - If dark matter exists, that is.....
Personally - to me anyway - the whole idea of 'dark matter' smacks of a 'fudge' to cover up a lack of complete understanding - a bit like Einstein's original idea of a 'cosmological constant' (but that's another story)
But if dark matter does exist, and even if there is 10 times as much dark matter as 'normal' matter (as it is thought) then it will still only add up to about 10% of what is required to stop the expansion and cause a contraction.