Clear introductions to essential principles of physics support these lectures, including density, quantum theory, gravit
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Table of contents :
Content: lecture 1. On being round --
lecture 2. On being rarefied --
lecture 3. On being dense --
lecture 4. Death by black hole --
lecture 5. Ends of the world --
lecture 6. Coming attractions --
lecture 7. Onward to the edge --
lecture 8. In defense of the big bang --
lecture 9. The greatest story ever told --
lecture 10. Forged in the stars --
lecture 11. The search for planets --
lecture 12. The search for life in the universe.