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    Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries / Neil deGrasse Tyson.

    By: Tyson, Neil deGrasseMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2007Description: 384 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780393062243; 0393062244; 9780393330168 (pbk.); 0393330168 (pbk.)Subject(s): Cosmology -- Popular works | Exobiology -- Popular works | Solar system -- Popular works | Religion and science -- Popular worksDDC classification: 523.8/875 LOC classification: QB982 | .T965 2007Online resources: Table of contents only
    Contents:
    Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : The beginning of science -- Section 1 : The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe -- Coming to our senses -- On Earth as in the heavens -- Seeing isn't believing -- The information trap -- Stick-in-the-mud science -- Section 2 : The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos -- Journeys from the center of the Sun -- Planet parade -- Vagabonds of the solar system -- The five points of Lagrange -- Antimatter matters -- Section 3 : Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind -- The importance of being constant -- Speed limits -- Going ballistic -- On being dense -- Over the rainbow -- cosmic windows -- Colors of the cosmos -- Cosmic plasma -- Fire and ice -- Section 4 : The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here -- Dust to dust -- Forged in the stars -- Send in the clouds -- Goldilocks and the three planets -- Water, water -- Living space -- Life in the universe -- Our radio bubble.
    Section 5 : When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us -- Chaos in the solar system -- Coming attractions -- ends of the world -- Galactic engines -- Knock 'em dead -- Death by black hole -- Section 6 : Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it -- Things people say -- Fear of numbers -- On being baffled -- Footprints in the sands of science -- Let there be dark -- Hollywood nights -- Section 7 : Science and God : when ways of knowing collide -- In the beginning -- Holy wars -- The perimeter of ignorance -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.
    Summary: A collection of essays on the cosmos, written by an American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist, includes "Holy Wars," "Ends of the World," and "Hollywood Nights."
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-368) and indexes.

    Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : The beginning of science -- Section 1 : The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe -- 1. Coming to our senses -- 2. On Earth as in the heavens -- 3. Seeing isn't believing -- 4. The information trap -- 5. Stick-in-the-mud science -- Section 2 : The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos -- 6. Journeys from the center of the Sun -- 7. Planet parade -- 8. Vagabonds of the solar system -- 9. The five points of Lagrange -- 10. Antimatter matters -- Section 3 : Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind -- 11. The importance of being constant -- 12. Speed limits -- 13. Going ballistic -- 14. On being dense -- 15. Over the rainbow -- 16. cosmic windows -- 17. Colors of the cosmos -- 18. Cosmic plasma -- 19. Fire and ice -- Section 4 : The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here -- 20. Dust to dust -- 21. Forged in the stars -- 22. Send in the clouds -- 23. Goldilocks and the three planets -- 24. Water, water -- 25. Living space -- 26. Life in the universe -- 27. Our radio bubble.

    Section 5 : When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us -- 28. Chaos in the solar system -- 29. Coming attractions -- 30. ends of the world -- 31. Galactic engines -- 32. Knock 'em dead -- 33. Death by black hole -- Section 6 : Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it -- 34. Things people say -- 35. Fear of numbers -- 36. On being baffled -- 37. Footprints in the sands of science -- 38. Let there be dark -- 39. Hollywood nights -- Section 7 : Science and God : when ways of knowing collide -- 40. In the beginning -- 42. Holy wars -- 42. The perimeter of ignorance -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.

    A collection of essays on the cosmos, written by an American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist, includes "Holy Wars," "Ends of the World," and "Hollywood Nights."

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