The dark matter problem : a historical perspective
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Cambridge, UK ; New York
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Cambridge University Press
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2010
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viii, 205 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Robert H. Sanders
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Introduction -- Early history of the dark matter hypothesis -- The stability of disk galaxies : the dark-halo solution -- Direct evidence : extended rotation curves of spiral galaxies -- The maximum-disk : light traces mass -- Cosmology and the birth of astroparticle physics -- Clusters revisited : missing mass found -- CDM confronts galaxy rotation curves -- The new cosmology : dark matter is not enough -- An alternative to dark matter : Modified Newtonian Dynamics -- Seeing dark matter : the theory and practice of detection -- Reflections : a personal point of view