Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Step 1: THE SUN
6. 1. Look. Don’t Touch 17
7. 2. What’s That Bright Thing Made Of? 33
8. 3. Fusion: Energy Hidden in Plain Sight 45
9. Step 2: BLACK HOLES
10. 4. Old Gravity and New Gravity 67
11. 5. Black Holes in Relativity 85
12. 6. The Lives of Stars 95
13. 7. Black Hole Hunting 123
14. 8. Gravitational Waves 147
15. Step 3. DARK MATTER—DARK ENERGY
16. 9. Galactic Scale 159
17. 10. What Is Dark Matter? 167
18. 11. All the Way Out 195
19. 12. Dark Energy, Antigravity, and Einstein’s Fudge 205
20. A Step Back to Earth
21. 13. Road Maps 217
22. 14. Science as It Is Written 245
23. Glossary 261
24. Suggestions for Further Reading 265