What Is Dark Matter?

Sobre el libro What Is Dark Matter? de Peter Fisher publicado por Princeton al 2026:

What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discover Astronomical observations have confirmed the existence of dark matter, but what exactly it is remains a mystery. In What Is Dark Matter?, particle physicist Peter Fisher introduces readers to one of the most intriguing frontiers of physics. He describes the current state of the dark matter problem, offering historical context and a close look at the cuttingedge research focused on revealing dark matter’s true nature. Could dark matter be a new type of particle—an axion or a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP)—or something else? What have physicists ruled out so far—and why? What are the experimental searches that might detect dark matter on Earth or in space? Fisher explores these questions and more, illuminating what is known and unknown, and what a triumph it will be when scientists discover dark matter’s identity at last.