The Dark Side of the Universe: A Scientist Explores the Mysteries of the Cosmos

James S. Trefil. Anchor Books, $15 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-385-26212-5

Astrophysicists now believe that at least 90% of the universe is composed of material we cannot see--``dark matter.'' Trefil ``takes readers to the outermost frontiers of the new cosmology in this wonderfully readable tour of an Alice-in-Wonderland universe that is growing curiouser and curiouser,'' praised PW. (Sept.)

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