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Tables of Contents for Just Six Numbers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xiii
The cosmos and the microworld
1
13
Our cosmic habitat I: Planets, stars and life
14
13
The large number N: gravity in the cosmos
27
18
Stars, the periodic table, and ε
45
13
Our cosmic habitat II: beyond our galaxy
58
22
The fine-tuned expansion: dark matter and Ω
80
22
The number λ: is cosmic expansion slowing or speeding?
102
13
Primordial `ripples': the number Q
115
15
Our cosmic habitat III: what lies beyond our horizon?
130
19
Three dimensions (and more)
149
15
Coincidence, providence - or multiverse?
164
16
Notes
180
6
Index
186