<link href="9781941631133.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:77929594-e0a0-41f3-a610-a2598b1069e3" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <div class="booksection"> <h2 class="chaptitle"><a id="page_ix"/>CONTENTS</h2> <p class="toc"><a href="Introduction.html#intro" id="rintro">Introduction: “Excuse Me, But Do You Speak Elvish?”</a></p> <p class="tocp"><a href="Part01.html#pt1" id="rpt1">PART 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter01.html#ch1" id="rch1">Intelligent Designers: Cocreators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, and the Genesis of <i>The Big Bang Theory</i></a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter02.html#ch2" id="rch2">To Badly Go Where No One Has Gone Before: The 2006 Pilot</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter03.html#ch3" id="rch3">The Successful Reboot: The 2007 Pilot</a></p> <p class="tocp"><a href="Part02.html#pt2" id="rpt2">PART 2: THE STARS’ TREKS</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter04.html#ch4" id="rch4">A Night to Remember: “And the Golden Globe Goes to . . .”</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter05.html#ch5" id="rch5">The Search for Spock: The Evolution of Dr. Sheldon Cooper</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter06.html#ch6" id="rch6">Great Expectations: Dr. Leonard Hofstadter</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter07.html#ch7" id="rch7">An American Lust in Space: Mr. Howard Wolowitz</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter08.html#ch8" id="rch8">The Invisible Man: Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter09.html#ch9" id="rch9">The Voyage Home: Penny</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter10.html#ch10" id="rch10">The Blossoming: Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter11.html#ch11" id="rch11">Fantastic Voyage: Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter12.html#ch12" id="rch12">Shooting Stars: The Supporting Cast</a></p> <p class="tocp"><a href="Part03.html#pt3" id="rpt3">PART 3: BEAMING DOWN TO PASADENA</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13" id="rch13">The Sheldonian Universe: From the Couch to the Cosmos</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-01" id="rch13-01">1. Home Sweet Home</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-02" id="rch13-02">2. Dining</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-03" id="rch13-03">3. Shopping</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a id="page_x"/><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-04" id="rch13-04">4. Comic Book Stores</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-05" id="rch13-05">5. Movies</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-06" id="rch13-06">6. Miscellaneous Pasadena Locations</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-07" id="rch13-07">7. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-08" id="rch13-08">8. Greater Los Angeles</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-09" id="rch13-09">9. Greater California</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-10" id="rch13-10">10. The United States</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-11" id="rch13-11">11. International Locations</a></p> <p class="toc1"><a href="Chapter13.html#ch13-12" id="rch13-12">12. Space</a></p> <p class="tocp"><a href="Part04.html#pt4" id="rpt4">PART 4: FANDOM</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter14.html#ch14" id="rch14">The Newcomer’s Guide to Fandom</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter15.html#ch15" id="rch15">Exploring Your Inner Geek</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter16.html#ch16" id="rch16">The Insider’s Guide to Getting In for a Live Taping of <i>The Big Bang Theory</i></a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter17.html#ch17" id="rch17">The Warner Bros. Studio VIP Tour</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter18.html#ch18" id="rch18">Getting Your Geek On in Public: A Convention Primer for Muggles</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter19.html#ch19" id="rch19">The Noob’s Gaming Guide</a></p> <p class="tocp"><a href="Part05.html#pt5" id="rpt5">PART 5: RELIANCE ON SCIENCE</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter20.html#ch20" id="rch20">A Condensed History of the Universe, from the Big Bang to the Twenty-First Century</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter21.html#ch21" id="rch21">Science Matters</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter22.html#ch22" id="rch22">Stellar Scientists Star on <i>The Big Bang Theory</i></a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Chapter23.html#ch23" id="rch23">The Science of <i>The Big Bang Theory:</i> A Primer for the Science-Impaired, Perpetually Perplexed, but Sufficiently Intelligent Person</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Afterword.html#afterword" id="rafterword">Afterword: “All Good Things . . .”</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Acknowledgment.html#acknowledgment" id="racknowledgment">Acknowledgments</a></p> <p class="toc"><a href="Abouttheauthor.html#abouttheauthor" id="rabouttheauthor">About the Author</a></p> </div> </body> </html>