Your Cosmic Context: An Introduction to Modern Cosmology - Paperback

KEY MESSAGE: Designed for a one-term general education course in cosmology, "Your Comic Context: An Introduction to Modern Cosmology" provides a framework for exploring the nature and history of our universe. Equally well-suited for independent reading and study, the book is intended as a guide to the key insights of scientific cosmology, which also serves as one of the best available illustrations of the scientific method in action. Starting Points, The Sky We See, The Universe We Discover Through Heat and Light, The Universe We Discover Through Motion and Gravity, Clues About the Cosmos, The Fabric of Spacetime, An Expanding Universe, Photons and Electrons, The Nuclear Realm, The Big Bang Theory, History, Density, and Destiny, The Story of Structure, The Emergence of Complex Life, What Does It Mean to You? Intended for those interested in the basics of cosmology.