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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Prologue</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xv</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>PART I The Mystery of White Dwarfs</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>1 Fatal Collision</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>3</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>2 A Journey Between Two Worlds</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>15</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(18)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>3 Rival Giants of Astrophysics</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>33</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>4 Stellar Buffoonery</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>57</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>5 Into the Crucibles of Nature</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>73</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(31)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>6 Eddington's Discontents</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>104</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>7 American Adventure</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>120</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(19)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>8 An Era Ends</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>139</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(14)</TD></TR><TR><TD>PART II Stars and Bombs</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>9 How Stars Shine</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>153</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>10 Supernovae in the Heavens and on Earth</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>177</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>11 How the Unthinkable Became Thinkable</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>201</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD>PART III What Happens When Stars Die</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>12 The Jaws of Darkness</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>217</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>13 Shuddering Before the Beautiful</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>233</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(15)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>14 Into a Black Hole</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>248</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix A: The Ongoing Tale of Sirius B</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>265</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(3)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Appendix B: Updating the Supernova Story</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>268</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(7)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Notes</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>275</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(38)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Bibliography</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>313</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(14)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Biographical Sketches</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>327</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(8)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Glossary</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>335</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(10)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>345</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

A history of the idea of "black holes" explores the tumultuous debate over the existence of this now well-accepted phenomenon, focusing particular attention on Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Empire of the stars : obsession, friendship, and betrayal in the quest for black holes