Death by black hole :
Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries / Neil deGrasse Tyson. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2007. - 384 p. ; 22 cm.
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 -- 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 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. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 42. 42.
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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2006022058
GBA666408 bnb GBA761726 bnb
Cosmology--Popular works.
Exobiology--Popular works.
Religion and science--Popular works.
Solar system--Popular works.
QB982 / .T965 2007
523.8/875
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries / Neil deGrasse Tyson. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2007. - 384 p. ; 22 cm.
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 -- 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 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. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 42. 42.
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."
9780393062243 0393062244 9780393330168 (pbk.) 0393330168 (pbk.)
2006022058
GBA666408 bnb GBA761726 bnb
Cosmology--Popular works.
Exobiology--Popular works.
Religion and science--Popular works.
Solar system--Popular works.
QB982 / .T965 2007
523.8/875