Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Chapters    adapted from    “Universe”  essays  in  Natural History magazine—Chapter    1:  March   1998

and September   2003;   Chapter 2:  November    2000;   Chapter 3:  October 2003;   Chapter 4:  June

1999;   Chapter 5:  June    2006;   Chapter 6:  October 2002;   Chapter 7:  July/August 2002;   Chapter

8 : March   1997;   Chapter 9:  December    2003/January    2004;   Chapter 10: October 2001;   Chapter

11 :    February    2006;   Chapter 12: April   2007.

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