''The Fifth Essence: The Search for the Dark Matter in the Universe'' is the debut book by the American physicist

Lawrence M. Krauss Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who previously taught at Arizona State University, Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU's Origins Project, now cal ...

, published in 1989. Krauss talks about dark matter and its importance to our understanding of the universe. The book also contains information about modern

astrophysics Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the h ...

and Greek philosophers. The book was later updated and re-released as '' Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe'' in 2000.

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* 1989 non-fiction books Popular physics books Books by Lawrence M. Krauss {{Physics-book-stub