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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
PREFACE
PART I. STARS, PLANETS, AND LIFE
1. THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE - Neil deGrasse Tyson
2. FROM THE DAY AND NIGHT SKY TO PLANETARY ORBITS - Neil deGrasse Tyson
3. NEWTON’S LAWS - Michael A. Strauss
4. HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (I) - Neil deGrasse Tyson
5. HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (II) - Neil deGrasse Tyson
6. STELLAR SPECTRA - Neil deGrasse Tyson
7. THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS (I) - Neil deGrasse Tyson
8. THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS (II) - Michael A. Strauss
9. WHY PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET - Neil deGrasse Tyson
10. THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE GALAXY - Neil deGrasse Tyson
PART II. GALAXIES
11. THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM - Michael A. Strauss
12. OUR MILKY WAY - Michael A. Strauss
13. THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXIES - Michael A. Strauss
14. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE - Michael A. Strauss
15. THE EARLY UNIVERSE - Michael A. Strauss
16. QUASARS AND SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES - Michael A. Strauss
PART III. EINSTEIN AND THE UNIVERSE
17. EINSTEIN’S ROAD TO RELATIVITY - J. Richard Gott
18. IMPLICATIONS OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY - J. Richard Gott
19. EINSTEIN’S GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY - J. Richard Gott
20. BLACK HOLES - J. Richard Gott
21. COSMIC STRINGS, WORMHOLES, AND TIME TRAVEL - J. Richard Gott
22. THE SHAPE OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE BIG BANG - J. Richard Gott
23. INFLATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COSMOLOGY - J. Richard Gott
24. OUR FUTURE IN THE UNIVERSE - J. Richard Gott
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX 1 - Derivation of E=mc2
APPENDIX 2 - Bekenstein, Entropy of Black Holes, and Information
NOTES
SUGGESTED READING
INDEX
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