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| Acknowledgments |
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Size and Age of Earth, Sun and Milky Way |
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8 | (3) |
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Einstein's Static Universe |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (2) |
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Karl Schwarzschild and Black Holes |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (11) |
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30 | (7) |
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37 | (16) |
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Fragmentation of Giant Clouds into Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters |
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37 | (4) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (5) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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Fritz Zwicky and Galaxies as Gravitational Lenses |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (2) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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Distinguishing between Dark and Ordinary Matter |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (14) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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Birth of Massive Stars in the Trifid Nebula |
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56 | (2) |
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Galaxy Collisions and Star Birth |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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Thermonuclear Evolution of Stars |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (3) |
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66 | (1) |
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Supernovae: Death and Transfiguration of Stars |
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67 | (27) |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (3) |
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Core Collapse and Supernovae |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (1) |
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Detecting Far-off Supernova |
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73 | (3) |
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What Sustains a Star So Long Before Its Collapse |
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76 | (1) |
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White Dwarfs and Chandrasekhar |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (8) |
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Birth, Death, and Transfiguration |
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88 | (4) |
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Reverend John Michell and the Idea of Black Holes |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (13) |
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94 | (5) |
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Sir John Herschel and the Carina Nebula |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (1) |
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The Cerro Tololo Observatory |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (2) |
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Spacetime, Relativity, and Superdense Matter |
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107 | (19) |
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Einstein: Spacetime and Relativity |
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107 | (10) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (5) |
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126 | (28) |
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Formation of the Solar System |
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126 | (4) |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (3) |
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The Sun and Arthur Eddington |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (2) |
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The Moon and Tidal Locking |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (4) |
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150 | (3) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (14) |
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Galileo: Principle Discoveries |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (4) |
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His Astronomical Research with the Telescope |
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160 | (4) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (12) |
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168 | (2) |
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Conditions for Life on Earth |
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170 | (2) |
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Evolution of Life on Earth |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) |
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176 | (1) |
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Habitable Zone around Stars |
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177 | (3) |
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Other Planets and Their Moons |
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180 | (24) |
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180 | (5) |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (2) |
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The Ringed Planet, Saturn |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (5) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (11) |
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Edmond Halley: The Stars Also Move |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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First Planets beyond Our Solar System |
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207 | (2) |
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The Search for Exoplanets |
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209 | (2) |
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Search for Life beyond the Solar System |
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211 | (4) |
| Bibliography |
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215 | (2) |
| Index |
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