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Chaisson, E. (1981).
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tour of 15 billion years of cosmic history, drawing on every field
of modern science—astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology,
geology, anthropology, and sociology.]
Darling, D. (1989). Deep
Time. New York: Delacorte Press. [Ride with a proton backward and
forward through time and space to visualize the birth of stars and
the construction of the galaxies—and finally Earth.]
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account of the near-future of our universe.]
Fritzsch, H. (1984).
The Creation of Matter. New York: Basic Books, Inc. [A very readable,
engaging, comprehensive account of a modern cosmological view of
the universe. Many first-year chemistry or physics students would
enjoy this scenario which includes a “magical oven”
and a “dialogue with a quark.”]
Fritzsch, H. (1983).
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Goldsmith, D. (2000).
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The Nature of the Universe. New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc.
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illustrated introduction to the terminology and concepts of the
universe.]
Rubin, V. (1997). Bright
Galaxies, Dark Matters. Woodbury, NY: American Institute of Physics
Press. [The last section of Vera Rubin’s book, Bright Galaxies,
Dark Matters, entitled “The Astronomical Life: Women in Science
and Other Heroes, Colleagues and Friends,” would make very
interesting reading for students considering a career in astronomy
or cosmology. The section includes personal interviews, copies of
correspondence, and short biographies of many outstanding scientists.]
Trefil, J. (1988). The
Dark Side of the Universe. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
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