The Dark Energy Survey saw first light in 2012, after a decade of planning, and completed observations in 2019, with the collaboration of several hundred experts from all over the globe.

Join the editors and contributors of “The Dark Energy Survey – The Story of a Cosmological Experiment” to celebrate the release of this title which discusses the results and processes behind this project. Our discussion will also be joined by special guest, Lord Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal.

Find out how our Universe functions, why it is expanding and why this expansion is accelerating.

Richard Ellis, Professor of Astrophysics
From University College London said;
"This is a fascinating read for anyone interested in how big science is undertaken. The book focuses more on the survey itself rather than dark energy as a phenomenon. It encapsulates the ambitions, disappointments, struggles and eventual success of an international scientific endeavour. The story encompasses all aspects of a scientific adventure, including the concerns of young students and postdocs who wondered whether their decade's investment of effort would reap glory or be a waste of time. Cosmologists planning future surveys will benefit from reading how the team coped with numerous challenges. Historians of science will find much to learn from the inside view, from design and technical issues to funding and management challenges. This is an excellent documentary of big science at its best."

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