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A Historical Perspective on Dark Matter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
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The dominant impression which I carry away from this meeting is that extragalactic astronomy has reached a crisis (‘a state of affairs in which a decisive change for better or worse is imminent’, according to Fowler). The nature, origin and distribution of the dark matter and its role in galaxy formation and dynamics are issues whose resolution is likely to determine the direction of studies in galactic structure and cosmology for decades to come.
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- Review Paper
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 117: Dark Matter in the Universe , 1987 , pp. 547 - 549
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- Copyright © Reidel 1987
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