Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. About the Author v
4. Acknowledgements vi
5. List of Illustrations vii
6. Introduction xi
7. PART ZERO. Prologue
8. 2.712 Taking the temperature of the Universe 3
9. PART ONE. How Do We Know the Ages of Stars?
10. 1. 2.898 Prehistory: Spectra and the nature of stars 23
11. 2. 0.008 At the heart of the Sun 41
12. 3. 7.65 Making ‘metals’ 65
13. 4. 13.2 The ages of stars 91
14. PART TWO. How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?
15. 5. 31.415 Prehistory: Galaxies and the Universe at large 115
16. 6. 575 The discovery of the expanding Universe 139
17. 7. 75 Sizing up the cosmic soufflé 161
18. 8. 13.8 Surveys and satellites 189
19. Glossary 221
20. Sources and Further Reading 233
21. End Notes 235
22. Index 237