THE OUTLINE OF SCIENCE VOLUME I

CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION 3

I. THE ROMANCE OF THE HEAVENS 7

The scale of the universe--The solar system--Regions of
the sun--The surface of the sun--Measuring the speed of
light--Is the sun dying?--The planets--Venus--Is there
life on Mars?--Jupiter and Saturn--The moon--The
mountains of the moon--Meteors and comets--Millions of
meteorites--A great comet--The stellar universe--The
evolution of stars--The age of stars--The nebular
theory--Spiral nebulæ--The birth and death of
stars--The shape of o...