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Tables of Contents for Beyond Earth
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
6
2
The Classical Universe
8
90
Ancient Cosmologies
12
18
East Asian Cosmologies
30
12
Cosmologies of the Americas
42
18
Africa's Moral Universe
60
12
Star Maps: A Confluence of Art and Astronomy
72
12
The Great Copernicus Chase
84
14
The Modern Universe Emerges
98
54
From Newton's Universe of Stars to Herschel's Nebulae
102
18
From Hubble to Hubble
120
18
What Is the Universe Made Of?
138
14
The Current Universe
152
96
Learning from the Past; Historical Supernovae
158
14
The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
172
14
Why Does an Optical Astronomer Study Something She Cannot See?
186
18
Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Dark Universe
204
16
Detecting the Signature of the Big Bang
220
12
The Big Bang and Its Fireball
232
16
Afterword: Comel! Explore the Universe
248
2
About the Authors
250
1
Illustration Credits
251
1
Index
252
4
Copyright and CIP Data
256