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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction: Cool Stories from the Hot Universe
Part I: The Big
1. Galaxy Clusters
2. The Evidence for Dark Matter
3. Cold Dark Matter
4. Dark Matter Going Bananas
5. The Wonderful—and Fearful—Dark Side
6. What Is Dark Energy?
7. The Cosmic Web
Part II: The Bad
8. Taking Pleasure in the Dimness of Stars
9. Cygnus X-1, Microquasars, and the Galactic Jet Set
10. Downtown Milky Way
11. The Secret in the Middle
12. Ducks Unlimited
13. The Origin and Growth of Supermassive Black Holes
14. Green Black Holes
15. Black Hole Feedback
Part III: The Beautiful
16. Going Not Gentle into That Good Night
17. Core Collapse
18. The Crab and Other Pulsar Wind Nebulas
19. A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space
20. Elemental Change
21. Cosmic Renewal
References
Acknowledgments
Index
Photography and Illustration Credits
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