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Built on advances in physics and cosmology, it contrasts earlier work focused on the past with a detailed look at future cosmic eras. The authors explain their approach and motivation, highlight newly performed calculations, and frame the narrative for general readers. It also defines key concepts such as “cosmological decades” and discusses how large numbers and speculative scenarios are handled across timescales up to 10150 years.","| Thank you for downloading this Free Press eBook.\u003Cbr>Join our mailing list and get updates on new releases , deals , bonus content and other great books from\u003Cbr>Free Press and Simon & Schuster. |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |\n|  | CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP |  |\n|  |  |  |\n\nor visit us online to sign up at  \n[eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com](eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface  \nINTRODUCTION  \n1 THE PRIMORDIAL ERA  \n2 THE STELLIFEROUS ERA  \n3 THE DEGENERATE ERA  \n4 THE BLACK HOLE ERA  \n5 THE DARK ERA  \nCONCLUSION  \nGlossary  \nNotes  \nReferences and Further Reading Key Events in the Biography ofthe Universe Index  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPREFACE  \n􀁪e long-term fate of our universe has always drawn our fascination. As astrophysicists, we are used to thinking about both the origin and fate of astronomical objects, such as stars, galaxies, and often the universe as a whole. During the twentieth century, and especially within the past two decades, physics, astronomy, and cosmology have advanced rapidly and we can now understand our universe with unprecedented clarity.  \nMost cosmological work has focused on the past history of the universe, and rightly so. 􀁪e big bang theory and its modifications provide a highly successful paradigm for describing the origin of the universe, and recent astronomical data place this endeavor on a solid scientific foundation. Parallel developments in stellar evolution, star formation, and galaxy formation have rounded out our detailed understanding of the present-day universe. In recent years, the inventory of our universe has been bolstered further by the astronomical discovery of black holes, brown dwarfs, and planets orbiting other stars.  \nAgainst this background, late in the year 1 995, we began a detailed scientific inquiry into the universe of the future, including the stars, galaxies, and other astrophysical entities living within it. Our research was motivated by a convergence of events. We felt that the time was right to reopen this issue. In spite of the recent progress concerning the history of the universe, relatively little attention had been given to the future universe. Landmark papers by Martin Rees, Jamal Islam, and Freeman Dyson were published in the 1960sand 1970s, and a small flurry of work outlining the consequences of proton decay followed in the early 1980s. With the greater perspective provided by recent progress in both physics and astronomy, however, we could take a much more detailed glimpse into the future. Past studies dealt mostly with large-scale cosmological issues, with little focus on stars and stellar objects. In fact, the  \nlong-term evolution of the lowest-mass stars, which live far longer than the current age of the universe, had not yet been calculated. 􀁪is project was facilitated by Laughlin’s arrival at the University of Michigan to work with Adams, thus beginning our joint effort to peer into the darkness. As an added incentive, the University of Michigan held a “theme semester” which focused on “Death, Extinction, and the Future of Humanity.” For this occasion, Adams developed a new class on the long-term future of the universe. 􀁪e relative paucity of reference material provided additional impetus to study the far future.  \n􀁪e results of our initial research work were published as a review article in Reviews of Modern Physics, in 1997, with the encouragement and guidance of Sir Martin Rees, the journal editor and the Astronomer Royal of England. Following the completion of the scientific manuscript, the popular media showed enthusiastic interest in the subject and the demand for public lectures was surprisingly high. 􀁪is unforeseen public curiosity led us to consider writing a popular treatment of this topic, and this book is the result.  \nOur book differs from many within its class in that it introduces a substantial amount of new scientific material. 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