Review: The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality

The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard Panek
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Engaging, even enlightening overview of the growth of cosmology from the 1964 accidental discovery of background radiation echoes of The Big Bang through the solidification of Dark Matter & Dark Energy as that mysterious 96%; the non-baryonic reality of our universe. This telling seems to highlight the unfortunate fact that even among scientists exploring nature, human nature's saddest aspects are in full display: sexism, pettiness, envy, vanity, etc.

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