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David Garfinkle and Richard Garfinkle

Three Steps to the Universe

From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter

280 pages, 13 halftones  6 x 9  © 2008

Cloth $25.00

ISBN: 9780226283463   Published November 2008

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Step 1. THE SUN

        1. Look. Don’t Touch.

        2. What’s That Big Bright Thing Made Of?

        3. Fusion: Energy Hidden in Plain Sight

Step 2. BLACK HOLES

        4. Old Gravity and New Gravity

        5. Black Holes in Relativity

        6. The Lives of Stars

        7. Black Hole Hunting

        8. Gravitational Waves

Step 3. DARK MATTER—DARK ENERGY

        9. Galactic Scale

      10. What Is Dark Matter?

      11. All the Way Out

      12. Dark Energy, Antigravity, and Einstein’s Fudge

A Step Back to Earth

      13. Road Maps

      14. Science as It Is Written

Glossary

Suggestions for Further Reading

 

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