Table of Contents
The View from the Center of the Universe
Discovering our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos
Joel R.Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Part I COSMOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS
Chapter 1 Wrapping Your Mind Around the Universe
Chapter 2 From the Flat Earth to the Heavenly Spheres
Chapter 3 From the Center of the Universe to No Place Special
Part II THE NEW SCIENTIFIC PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
Chapter 4 What Is the Universe Made of? The Cosmic Density Pyramid
Chapter 5 What Is the Center of the Universe? The Cosmic Spheres of Time
Chapter 6 What Size is the Universe? The Cosmic Uroboros
Chapter 7 Where Do We Come From? The Cosmic Las Vegas
Chapter 8 Are We Alone? The Possibility of Alien Wisdom
Part III THE MEANINGFUL UNIVERSE
Chapter 9 Think Cosmically, Act Globally
Chapter 10 Taking our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ENDNOTES
INDEX
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