Prologue: Broadest view of the biggest picture -- pt. I.A brief perspective. Remote galaxies -- Basic questions -- Historical problems -- pt. II. Relativity theory. The special theory of relativity -- Strange consequences -- The general theory of relativity -- Relativistic tests -- More about curved spacetime -- Einstein, the man -- pt. III. Cosmology. Cosmological principles -- Evolutionary models of the universe -- Other universe models -- Cosmological tests -- pt. IV. Black holes. Nature of the singularity -- Highlights of stellar evolution -- Disappearing matter -- Properties of black holes -- Space travel near black holes -- Observational evidence -- Epilogue: Beyond relativity.
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