Author(s): Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 471
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 12
PART I. STARS, PLANETS, AND LIFE......Page 16
1 THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE......Page 18
2 FROM THE DAY AND NIGHT SKY TO PLANETARY ORBITS......Page 27
3 NEWTON’S LAWS......Page 43
4 HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (I)......Page 55
5 HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (II)......Page 72
6 STELLAR SPECTRA......Page 82
7 THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS (I)......Page 94
8 THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS (II)......Page 112
9 WHY PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET......Page 127
10 THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE GALAXY......Page 147
PART II. GALAXIES......Page 172
11 THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM......Page 174
12 OUR MILKY WAY......Page 184
13 THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXIES......Page 198
14 THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE......Page 208
15 THE EARLY UNIVERSE......Page 223
16 QUASARS AND SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES......Page 242
PART III. EINSTEIN AND THE UNIVERSE......Page 256
17 EINSTEIN’S ROAD TO RELATIVITY......Page 258
18 IMPLICATIONS OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY......Page 271
19 EINSTEIN’S GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY......Page 290
20 BLACK HOLES......Page 301
21 COSMIC STRINGS, WORMHOLES, AND TIME TRAVEL......Page 322
22 THE SHAPE OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE BIG BANG......Page 348
23 INFLATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COSMOLOGY......Page 375
24 OUR FUTURE IN THE UNIVERSE......Page 401
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 426
APPENDIX 1 Derivation of E = mc^2......Page 428
APPENDIX 2 Bekenstein, Entropy of Black Holes, and Information......Page 432
NOTES......Page 434
SUGGESTED READING......Page 440
INDEX......Page 442
