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Index
Frontispiece
The Cosmos
Title page
Copyright page
Brief Contents
Preface
1 A Grand Tour of the Heavens
2 Light, Matter, and Energy: Powering the Universe
3 Light and Telescopes: Extending Our Senses
4 Observing the Stars and Planets: Clockwork of the Universe
5 Gravitation and Motion: The Early History of Astronomy
6 The Terrestrial Planets: Earth, Moon, and Their Relatives
7 The Jovian Planets: Windswept Giants
8 Pluto, Comets, and Space Debris
9 Our Solar System and Others
10 Our Star: The Sun
11 Stars: Distant Suns
12 How the Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces
13 The Death of Stars: Recycling
14 Black Holes: The End of Space and Time
15 The Milky Way: Our Home in the Universe
16 A Universe of Galaxies
17 Quasars and Active Galaxies
18 Cosmology: The Birth and Life of the Cosmos
19 In the Beginning
20 Life in the Universe
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Measurement Systems
Appendix 2. Basic Constants
Appendix 3. Planets and Dwarf Planets
Appendix 4. The Brightest Stars
Appendix 5. The Nearest Stars
Appendix 6. The Messier Catalogue
Appendix 7. The Constellations
Selected Readings
Glossary
Index
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