Three steps to the universe from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter - Garfinkle, David, 1958-; Garfinkle, Richard; ebrary, Inc. (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008)
The sun -- Look, don't touch -- What's that big bright thing made of? -- Fusion : energy hidden in plain sight -- Black holes -- Old gravity and new gravity -- Black holes in relativity -- The lives of stars -- Black hole hunting -- Gravitational waves -- Dark matter-dark energy -- Galactic scale -- What is dark matter? -- All the way out -- Dark energy, antigravity, and Einstein's fudge -- A step back to earth -- Road maps -- Science as it is written -- Glossary.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265).
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Black holes (Astronomy); Dark matter (Astronomy); Sun; Electronic books