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Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Summary
A collection of essays on the cosmos, written by an American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist, includes "Holy Wars," "Ends of the World," and "Hollywood Nights."
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
384 pages
Contents
  • Section 2:
  • The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos. Journeys from the center of the Sun
  • Planet parade
  • Vagabonds of the solar system
  • The five points of Lagrange
  • Antimatter matters
  • Section 3:
  • Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind. The importance of being constant
  • Speed limits
  • Going ballistic
  • Prologue:
  • On being dense
  • Over the rainbow ; cosmic windows
  • Colors of the cosmos
  • Cosmic plasma
  • Fire and ice ;
  • Section 4:
  • The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here. Dust to dust
  • Forged in the stars
  • Send in the clouds
  • Goldilocks and the three planets
  • The beginning of science
  • Water, water
  • Living space
  • Life in the universe
  • Our radio bubble.
  • Section 5:
  • When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us
  • Chaos in the solar system
  • Coming attractions ; ends of the world
  • Galactic engines ; Knock 'em dead
  • Death by black hole
  • Section 1:
  • Section 6:
  • Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it. Things people say
  • Fear of numbers
  • On being baffled
  • Footprints in the sands of science
  • Let there be dark
  • Hollywood nights
  • Section 7:
  • Science and God : when ways of knowing collide. In the beginning
  • Holy wars
  • The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe. Coming to our senses
  • The perimeter of ignorance
  • On Earth as in the heavens
  • Seeing isn't believing
  • The information trap
  • Stick-in-the-mud science
Isbn
9780393350388
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006022058.html
Instance
Label
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries
Title
Death by black hole
Title remainder
and other cosmic quandaries
Statement of responsibility
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A collection of essays on the cosmos, written by an American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist, includes "Holy Wars," "Ends of the World," and "Hollywood Nights."
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Tyson, Neil deGrasse
Dewey number
523.8/875
Index
index present
Intended audience
1300
Intended audience source
Lexile
LC call number
QB982
LC item number
.T965 2007
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Cosmology
  • Exobiology
  • Solar system
  • Religion and science
  • Cosmología
  • Exobiología
  • Sistema solar
  • Religión y ciencia
  • Cosmology
  • Exobiology
  • Religion and science
  • Solar system
Label
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006022058.html
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Section 2:
  • The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos. Journeys from the center of the Sun
  • Planet parade
  • Vagabonds of the solar system
  • The five points of Lagrange
  • Antimatter matters
  • Section 3:
  • Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind. The importance of being constant
  • Speed limits
  • Going ballistic
  • Prologue:
  • On being dense
  • Over the rainbow ; cosmic windows
  • Colors of the cosmos
  • Cosmic plasma
  • Fire and ice ;
  • Section 4:
  • The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here. Dust to dust
  • Forged in the stars
  • Send in the clouds
  • Goldilocks and the three planets
  • The beginning of science
  • Water, water
  • Living space
  • Life in the universe
  • Our radio bubble.
  • Section 5:
  • When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us
  • Chaos in the solar system
  • Coming attractions ; ends of the world
  • Galactic engines ; Knock 'em dead
  • Death by black hole
  • Section 1:
  • Section 6:
  • Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it. Things people say
  • Fear of numbers
  • On being baffled
  • Footprints in the sands of science
  • Let there be dark
  • Hollywood nights
  • Section 7:
  • Science and God : when ways of knowing collide. In the beginning
  • Holy wars
  • The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe. Coming to our senses
  • The perimeter of ignorance
  • On Earth as in the heavens
  • Seeing isn't believing
  • The information trap
  • Stick-in-the-mud science
Control code
ocm70265574
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
384 pages
Isbn
9780393350388
Lccn
2006022058
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o70265574
  • (OCoLC)70265574
Label
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006022058.html
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Section 2:
  • The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos. Journeys from the center of the Sun
  • Planet parade
  • Vagabonds of the solar system
  • The five points of Lagrange
  • Antimatter matters
  • Section 3:
  • Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind. The importance of being constant
  • Speed limits
  • Going ballistic
  • Prologue:
  • On being dense
  • Over the rainbow ; cosmic windows
  • Colors of the cosmos
  • Cosmic plasma
  • Fire and ice ;
  • Section 4:
  • The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here. Dust to dust
  • Forged in the stars
  • Send in the clouds
  • Goldilocks and the three planets
  • The beginning of science
  • Water, water
  • Living space
  • Life in the universe
  • Our radio bubble.
  • Section 5:
  • When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us
  • Chaos in the solar system
  • Coming attractions ; ends of the world
  • Galactic engines ; Knock 'em dead
  • Death by black hole
  • Section 1:
  • Section 6:
  • Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it. Things people say
  • Fear of numbers
  • On being baffled
  • Footprints in the sands of science
  • Let there be dark
  • Hollywood nights
  • Section 7:
  • Science and God : when ways of knowing collide. In the beginning
  • Holy wars
  • The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe. Coming to our senses
  • The perimeter of ignorance
  • On Earth as in the heavens
  • Seeing isn't believing
  • The information trap
  • Stick-in-the-mud science
Control code
ocm70265574
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
384 pages
Isbn
9780393350388
Lccn
2006022058
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o70265574
  • (OCoLC)70265574

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