Matter, dark matter, and anti-matter : in search of the hidden universe

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Annotation This text presents the inventory of matter, baryonic and exotic, and investigates the nature and fate of matter's twin, anti-matter. The authors show how basic research, in tandem with the evolution of new ideas, could help science lift the cosmic veil. Abstract: This book presents the inventory of matter, baryonic and exotic, and investigates the nature and fate of matter's twin, anti-matter. The authors show how basic research, in tandem with the evolution of new ideas, could help science lift the cosmic veil.  Read more... Content: Foreword -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Matter concentrated -- Chapter 3: The realm of the nebulae -- Chapter 4: Getting warmer ... -- Chapter 5: Cosmic Cluedo: where, when, and how? -- Chapter 6: 300,000 years on: all present and correct -- Chapter 7: Cosmic canvas -- Chapter 8: Lifting the veil: simulations -- Chapter 9: A constant search -- Chapter 10: From telescopes to accelerators -- Appendices.