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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto’s Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Index
A pocket-style edition distilled from the New York Times bestsellerAwaiting you in this breezy book is a whirlwind tour through the cosmos—a journey of exploration to other planets, stars, and galaxies, and from black holes to time loops. With acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott at your side, here you will find a brief and yet breathtaking introduction to the universe, which will help you in your quest to understand how the cosmos actually works.A Brief Welcome to the Universe propels you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, building your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously entertaining narrative. How do stars live and die? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and accelerating in the process? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Exploring these and many other questions, this pocket-friendly book is your passport into the wonders of our evolving cosmos