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• How We Came to Know the Cosmos

• • How We Came to Know the Cosmos: Buy the Book

• • How We Came to Know the Cosmos: Space and Time

  • • Chapter 1. Constellations

    • Chapter 2. Latitude and Longitude

    • Chapter 3. Models of the Universe

    • Chapter 4. Force, Momentum, and Energy

    • Chapter 5. Newton's theory of Gravity

    • Chapter 6. The Age of the Universe

    • Chapter 7. Einstein’s theory of Special Relativity

    • Chapter 8. Einstein’s theory of General Relativity

    • Chapter 9. The Origin of the Universe

    • Chapter 10. Galaxies

    • Chapter 11. Stars

    • Chapter 12. Red Giants and White Dwarfs

    • Chapter 13. Supergiants, Supernova, and Neutron Stars

    • Chapter 14. Black Holes

    • Chapter 15. The planet Mercury

    • Chapter 16. The planet Venus

    • Chapter 17. The planet Earth

    • Chapter 18. The Earth's Moon

    • Chapter 19. The planet Mars

    • Chapter 20. The Asteroid Belt

    • Chapter 21. The planet Jupiter

    • Chapter 22. The planet Saturn

    • Chapter 23. The planet Uranus

    • Chapter 24. The planet Neptune

    • Chapter 25. Comets

    • Chapter 26. The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud

    • Chapter 27. The Pioneer and Voyager Missions

    • Chapter 28. Discovering Exoplanets

    • Chapter 29. The Search for Alien Life in the Universe

    • Chapter 30. Where are all the Aliens?

    • Chapter 31. List of symbols

    • Chapter 32. Image Copyright

  • How We Came to Know the Cosmos: Light and Matter

  • • Chapter 1. Atoms and Waves

    • Chapter 2. Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction

    • Chapter 3. Newton's theory of Light

    • Chapter 4. Measuring the Speed of Light

    • Chapter 5. 19th Century Wave Theories

    • Chapter 6. 19th Century Particle Theories

    • Chapter 7. Spectral Lines and Spectroscopy

    • Chapter 8. Origin of Quantum Mechanics

    • Chapter 9. Development of Atomic theory

    • Chapter 10. Quantum Model of the Atom

    • Chapter 11. Sommerfeld's Atom

    • Chapter 12. Quantum Spin

    • Chapter 13. Superconductors and Superfluids

    • Chapter 14. Nuclear Physics

    • Chapter 15. De Broglie's Matter Waves

    • Chapter 16. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

    • Chapter 17. Schrödinger's Wave Equation

    • Chapter 18. Quantum Entanglement

    • Chapter 19. Schrödinger's Cat

    • Chapter 20. Quantum Mechanics and Parallel Worlds

    • Chapter 21. The Field Concept in Physics

    • Chapter 22. The Electromagnetic Force

    • Chapter 23. The Strong Nuclear Force

    • Chapter 24. The Weak Nuclear Force

    • Chapter 25. Quantum Gravity

    • Chapter 26. Mind-Body Dualism

    • Chapter 27. Empiricism and Epistemology

    • Chapter 28. Material theories of the Mind

    • Chapter 29. The Mind and Quantum Mechanics

    • Chapter 30. The Limitations of Science

    • Chapter 31. List of symbols

    • Chapter 32. Image Copyright

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    • From mammoths to people: A brief history of cloning

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    • From the first particle accelerators to the discovery of the Higgs boson: A brief history of CERN

    • Famous female scientists: A timeline of pioneering women in science

    • X-ray emissions, detectors, and telescopes: A brief history of X-ray astronomy

    • Imagining the future: Why society needs science fiction

    • Armchair Explorers: How members of the public are taking an active role in the search for other worlds

    • A brief history of mathematics: From Plato's philosophy of mathematics to modern mysteries

    • Animals in space from fruit flies to Laika: A brief history of animal astronauts

    • Oberth, Spitzer, and Hubble: A brief history of the Hubble Space Telescope

Last updated 1 January 2020 by Dr Helen Klus