The Shadows of Creation – Dark Matter and the Structures of the Universe – Stephen W Hawking

Michael Riordan and David N. Schramm examine what is now known about dark matter and explore its possible impact upon the motions of galaxies, their composition, and their distribution in the vastness of space. Picking up where Stephen Hawking left off in A Brief History of Time, the authors reveal what recent discoveries tell us about the origins and fate of the Universe.

Along the way, The Shadows of Creation describes the dramatic efforts to determine just what dark matter might be, why most of the Universe is invisible, and how it all affects the world we live in.