Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Dedication
- Note on some conventions
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Our Galaxy
- 3 The large-scale structure of the universe
- 4 Elementary particles – a preliminary look
- 5 Is the universe open or closed?
- 6 Three ways for a star to die
- 7 Black holes and quasars
- 8 Galactic and supergalactic black holes
- 9 A black hole is not forever
- 10 Slow and subtle changes
- 11 Future of life and civilization
- 12 A collapsing universe
- 13 The steady state theory
- 14 The stability of the proton
- 15 Epilogue
- Glossary
- Selected bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Dedication
- Note on some conventions
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Our Galaxy
- 3 The large-scale structure of the universe
- 4 Elementary particles – a preliminary look
- 5 Is the universe open or closed?
- 6 Three ways for a star to die
- 7 Black holes and quasars
- 8 Galactic and supergalactic black holes
- 9 A black hole is not forever
- 10 Slow and subtle changes
- 11 Future of life and civilization
- 12 A collapsing universe
- 13 The steady state theory
- 14 The stability of the proton
- 15 Epilogue
- Glossary
- Selected bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Ultimate Fate of the Universe , pp. 151 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1983