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Three steps to the universe : from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter / David Garfinkle & Richard Garfinkle.

By: Garfinkle, David, 1958-.
Contributor(s): Garfinkle, Richard.
Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: vii, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780226283463 (hbk.); 0226283461 (hbk.).Subject(s): Black holes (Astronomy) | Dark matter (Astronomy) | SunDDC classification: 520
Contents:
The sun -- Look, don't touch -- What's that big bright thing made of? -- Fusion : energy hidden in plain sight -- Black holes -- Old gravity and new gravity -- Black holes in relativity -- The lives of stars -- Black hole hunting -- Gravitational waves -- Dark matter-dark energy -- Galactic scale -- What is dark matter? -- All the way out -- Dark energy, antigravity, and Einstein's fudge -- A step back to earth -- Road maps -- Science as it is written -- Glossary.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265).

The sun -- Look, don't touch -- What's that big bright thing made of? -- Fusion : energy hidden in plain sight -- Black holes -- Old gravity and new gravity -- Black holes in relativity -- The lives of stars -- Black hole hunting -- Gravitational waves -- Dark matter-dark energy -- Galactic scale -- What is dark matter? -- All the way out -- Dark energy, antigravity, and Einstein's fudge -- A step back to earth -- Road maps -- Science as it is written -- Glossary.

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