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| PREFACE |
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CHAPTER 1 THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE |
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EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (2) |
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Age and the Hubble Constant |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES |
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15 | (22) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (4) |
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HOW DID GALAXIES FORM?--THE SHORT VERSION |
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20 | (3) |
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MAKING REAL CALCULATIONS OF HOW GALAXIES FORM |
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23 | (3) |
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USING THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE AND N-BODY COMPUTERS TO GO FURTHER |
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26 | (2) |
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COMPLEXITY--UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE AND TURNING THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION |
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28 | (7) |
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35 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 3 THE ORIGIN OF STARS AND PLANETS |
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37 | (28) |
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37 | (1) |
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STAR FORMATION IN MOLECULAR CLOUDS |
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38 | (11) |
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Molecular Clouds--The Birthplace of Stars |
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39 | (1) |
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Core Formation Through Ambipolar Diffusion |
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40 | (2) |
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Molecular Cloud Cores--Initial Conditions for Collapse |
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42 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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The L-A(V) Diagram for Protostars |
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44 | (2) |
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The Protostellar to Stellar Transition |
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46 | (1) |
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Pre-Main-Sequence Stars and Circumstellar Disks |
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47 | (2) |
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Summary of the Star-Formation Paradigm |
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49 | (1) |
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PHYSICS OF CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS |
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49 | (5) |
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Gravitational Instabilities |
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50 | (1) |
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Nonlinear Simulations of Star/Disk Systems |
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51 | (2) |
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Viscous Evolution of Circumstellar Disks |
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53 | (1) |
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Additional Disk Processes |
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53 | (1) |
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Summary of Disk Processes |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (3) |
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Formation of Planets by Accumulation |
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55 | (1) |
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Formation of Planets by Gravitational Instability |
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56 | (1) |
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THE INITIAL MASS FUNCTION |
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57 | (3) |
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57 | (1) |
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The IMF as a Two-Phase Process |
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58 | (1) |
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A Scaling Relation for the IMF |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (4) |
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CHAPTER 4 STELLAR EXPLOSIONS, NEUTRON STARS, AND BLACK HOLES |
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65 | (24) |
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65 | (2) |
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STELLAR EXPLOSIONS--CELESTIAL FIREWORKS |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (4) |
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Explosion Mechanism--Type I |
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71 | (1) |
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Explosion Mechanism--Type II |
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72 | (1) |
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SUPERNOVA 1987A--A GIFT FROM THE HEAVENS |
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73 | (4) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (4) |
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79 | (2) |
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Millisecond and Binary Pulsars |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (5) |
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Fun Facts about Black Holes |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 5 THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS |
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89 | (20) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (3) |
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ELEMENT SYNTHESIS IN STARS |
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93 | (9) |
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The Major Burning Phases--Hydrogen |
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94 | (2) |
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The Major Burning Phases--Helium |
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96 | (1) |
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The Major Burning Phases--Heavy Elements |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (1) |
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GALACTIC CHEMICAL EVOLUTION |
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102 | (5) |
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Simple Models and the G Dwarf Problem |
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103 | (1) |
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Models with Bells and Whistles |
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104 | (2) |
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Stellar Populations and the Incidence of Habitable Planets |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 6 THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE |
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109 | (18) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (8) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (2) |
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SEARCHING FOR LIFE AROUND OTHER STARS |
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122 | (1) |
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IT'S LIFE, JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 7 FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE |
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127 | (14) |
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BIG BANG THEORY VERSUS INFLATIONARY COSMOLOGY |
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127 | (1) |
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BIG BANG THEORY AND THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE |
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128 | (1) |
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PROBLEMS OF THE BIG BANG THEORY |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (8) |
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Unified Theories of Elementary Particles |
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130 | (2) |
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The Simplest Version of Inflationary Theory--Chaotic Inflation |
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132 | (1) |
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Brief History of Inflationary Cosmology |
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133 | (1) |
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Quantum Fluctuations as the Origin of Structure Formation in the Universe |
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134 | (1) |
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Experimental Tests of Inflationary Theory |
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135 | (1) |
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Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
| GLOSSARY |
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141 | (6) |
| INDEX |
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