Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries
Böcker. New York : W.W. Norton. 2007.
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."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-368 ) and indexes.
Section 1: The nature of knowledge – 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 – 6. Journey 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 40. In the beginning – 41. Holy wars – 42. The perimeter of ignorance
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780393062243
- Titel
- Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries
- Författare
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse
- Förlag
- New York : W.W. Norton
- Utgivningsår
- 2007