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082			_a523.1 _bTYS
100			_aTyson, Neil De Grasse _991780
245			_aWelcome to the Universe : an Astrophysical tour
260			_aNew Jersey _bPrinceton University Press _c2016
300			_a470p.
505			_aContents PREFACE 11 PART I. STARS, PLANETS, AND LIFE 15 1 THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE 17 Neil deGrasse Tyson 2 FROM THE DAY AND NIGHT SKY TO PLANETARY ORBITS 26 Neil deGrasse Tyson 3 NEWTON'S LAWS 42 Michael A. Strauss 4 HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (I) 54 Neil deGrasse Tyson 5 HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (II) 71 Neil deGrasse Tyson 6 STELLAR SPECTRA 81 Neil deGrasse Tyson 7 THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS ( I) 93 Neil deGrasse Tyson 8 THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS (II) 111 Michael A. Strauss 9 WHY PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET 126 Neil deGrasse Tyson 10 THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE GALAXY 146 Neil deGrasse Tyson PART II. GALAXIES 171 11 THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM 173 Michael A. Strauss 12 OUR MILKY WAY 183 Michael A. Strauss 13 THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXIES 197 Michael A. Strauss 14 THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE 207 Michael A. Strauss 15 THE EARLY UNIVERSE 222 Michael A. Strauss 16 QUASARS AND SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLES 241 Michael A. Strauss PART Ill. EINSTEIN AND THE UNIVERSE 255 17 EINSTEIN 'S ROAD TO RELATIVITY J. Richard Gott 18 IMPLICATIONS OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY 270 J. Richard Gott 19 EINSTEIN'S GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY 289 J. Richard Gott 20 BLACK HOLES 300 J. Richard Gott 21 COSMIC STRINGS, WORMHOLES, AND TIME TRAVEL 321 J. Richard Gott 22 THE SHAPE OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE BIG BANG 347 J. Richard Gott 23 INFLATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COSMOLOGY 374 J. Richard Gott 24 OUR FUTURE IN THE UNIVERSE 400 J. Richard Gott ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 425 APPEND IX 1 Derivation of E = mc2 427 APPENDIX 2 Bekenstein, Entropy of Black Holes, and Information 431 NOTES 433 SUGGESTED READING 439 INDEX 441
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650			_aDrawing _aRelativity (Physics) _aStars _aCosmology
650			_aPaleoclimatology
650			_aPaleoecology
650			_aEcology
650			_aPrehistoric peoples