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Tables of Contents for Beyond Earth
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
David DeVorkin
6
2
The Classical Universe
8
90
Ancient Cosmologies
Sara Schechner
12
18
East Asian Cosmologies
John S. Major
30
12
Cosmologies of the Americas
Von Del Chamberlain
42
18
Africa's Moral Universe
Christine Mullen Kreamer
60
12
Star Maps: A Confluence of Art and Astronomy
Deborah Jean Warner
72
12
The Great Copernicus Chase
Owen Gingerich
84
14
The Modern Universe Emerges
98
54
From Newton's Universe of Stars to Herschel's Nebulae
Michael Hoskin
102
18
From Hubble to Hubble
Robet W. Smith
120
18
What Is the Universe Made Of?
David DeVorkin
138
14
The Current Universe
152
96
Learning from the Past; Historical Supernovae
F. Richard Stephenson
158
14
The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Margaret J. Geller
172
14
Why Does an Optical Astronomer Study Something She Cannot See?
Vera Rubin
186
18
Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Dark Universe
J. Anthony Tyson
204
16
Detecting the Signature of the Big Bang
Robert W. Wilson
220
12
The Big Bang and Its Fireball
David Wilkinson
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
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