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[343]-368 ) and indexes. 505 00 $t Our radio bubble -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Prologue : The beginning of science -- $t Section 1 : The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe -- $g 27. $t Coming to our senses -- $g 2. $t On Earth as in the heavens -- $g 3. $t Seeing isn't believing -- $g 4. The $t information trap -- $g 5. $t Stick-in-the-mud science -- $t Section 2 : The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos -- $g 6. $t Journeys from the center of the Sun -- $g 7. $t Planet parade -- $g 8. $t Vagabonds of the solar system -- $g 9. The $t five points of Lagrange -- $g 10. $t Antimatter matters -- $t Section 3 : Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind -- $g 11. The $t importance of being constant -- $g 12. $t Speed limits -- $g 13. $t Going ballistic -- $g 14. $t On being dense -- $g 15. $t Over the rainbow -- $g 16. $t cosmic windows -- $g 17. $t Colors of the cosmos -- $g 18. $t Cosmic plasma -- $g 19. $t Fire and ice -- $t Section 4 : The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here -- $g 20. $t Dust to dust -- $g 21. $t Forged in the stars -- $g 22. $t Send in the clouds -- $g 23. $t Goldilocks and the three planets -- $g 24. $t Water, water -- $g 25. $t Living space -- $g 26. $t Life in the universe -- $g 27. $t Our radio bubble -- 505 00 $t Subject index. $g 42. The $t Chaos in the solar system -- $g 29. $t Coming attractions -- $g 30. $t ends of the world -- $g 31. $t Galactic engines -- $g 32. $t Knock 'em dead -- $g 33. $t Death by black hole -- $t Section 6 : Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it -- $g 34. $t Things people say -- $g 35. $t Fear of numbers -- $g 36. $t On being baffled -- $g 37. $t Footprints in the sands of science -- $g 38. $t Let there be dark -- $g 39. $t Hollywood nights -- $t Section 7 : Science and God : when ways of knowing collide -- $g 40. $t In the beginning -- $g 42. $t Holy wars -- $g 42. 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