Introduction: Cosmic Evolution

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction: Cosmic Evolution xi
5. PART ONE. THE PLAYERS
6. 1 Stars 3
7. 2 Dust and Atoms 30
8. PART TWO. THE SCENE
9. 3 Pairs of Stars 49
10. 4 Clusters of Stars 66
11. 5 Systems of Stars 81
12. PART THREE. THE DRAMA
13. 6 The Ages of Things 101
14. 7 The Evolution of Galaxies 119
15. 8 The Evolution of the Stars 132
16. Suggestions for Further Reading 155
17. Index 157
18. Plates 161