%0 Journal Article %1 tremaine1987historical %A Tremaine, Scott %D 1987 %I Cambridge University Press (CUP) %K astronomy dark_matter %T A Historical Perspective on Dark Matter %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900150818 %X 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.

@article{tremaine1987historical, abstract = {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.}, added-at = {2023-08-29T16:48:08.000+0200}, author = {Tremaine, Scott}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2266e316550e13dff9e6ae0bc4f1d7cd6/tabularii}, interhash = {62691bf8bae548f1dd69ed8878ed5308}, intrahash = {266e316550e13dff9e6ae0bc4f1d7cd6}, keywords = {astronomy dark_matter}, language = {en}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, timestamp = {2023-09-06T14:33:19.000+0200}, title = {A Historical Perspective on Dark Matter}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900150818}, year = 1987 }