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Contents

Acknowledgments    ix

Preface    xi

Chapter 1. Hubble Discovers the Universe    1

Chapter 2. Zwicky, Clusters of Galaxies, and the Discovery of Dark Matter    28

Chapter 3. How Clusters Form and Grow—Meatballs in Space    41

Chapter 4. The Great Void in Boötes—A Swiss Cheese Universe    64

Chapter 5. Inflation    79

Chapter 6. A Cosmic Sponge    103

Chapter 7. A Slice of the Universe—the Great Wall of Geller and Huchra    135

Chapter 8. Park’s Simulation of the Universe    144

Chapter 9. Measuring the Cosmic Web—the Sloan Great Wall    155

Chapter 10. Spots in the Cosmic Microwave Background    180

Chapter 11. Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe    193

Notes    227

References    235

Index    245