* Foreword The Solar System * Smashing the Celestial Spheres * Wars of the Worlds * The Galeileo Equation * Newton at a Distance The Galaxy * The Third Dimension * Islands in the Sky The Universe * The Expanding Fog * A Matter of Degrees * Primordial Soup * The Raw Edge

Rocky Kolb, founding head of the NASA/Fermilab Theoretical Astrophysics Group and University of Chicago professor, combines art, humor, music, and philosophy in writings and lectures about cosmology for the general public.