The story of the universe in 100 stars / Florian Freistetter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freistetter, Florian, 1977- author.

Standardized Title:

Geschichte des Universums in 100 Sternen. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Stars--Miscellanea.

Stars.

Astronomy--Miscellanea.

Astronomy.

Cosmology--Miscellanea.

Cosmology.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

293 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Experiment, [2021]

Summary:

"See the universe like never before, through brief portraits of 100 stars with incredible stories and science to share"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. HIKOBOSHI | The Cowherd and the Heavenly Weaver Girl

2. 2MASS J18082002-5104378 B | Catching Sight of the Big Bang

3. 34 TAURI | The Planet That Was Once a Star

4. ALCYONE | Georg von Peuerbach and the Start of a Revolution

5. FREISTETTER'S STAR | Can You Buy a Star's Name?

6. HR0001 | Mrs. Hoffleit Counts the Stars

7. VEGA | Underrated Dust

8. RASALHAGUE | Confounded Astrologers

9. TXS 0506+056 | Ice Cube Astronomy

10. π1 GRUIS | A Simmering Giant

11. B CASSIOPEIAE | A Dogma Blows Up

12. ACRUX | One Star, Too Many Names

13. 51 PEGASI | The Answer to a Thousand-Year-Old Question

14. 61 CYGNI | Killer of the Crystal Spheres

15. BPS CS 22948-0093 | A Cosmic Shortage of Lithium

16. 62 ORIONIS | Caroline Herschel Emerges from Her Brother's Shadow

17. ANTARES | Fluff in the Superbubble

18. HAIRY STARS | Portents of Death and Messengers from the Past

19. HD 142 | Our Bright Astronomers Frequently Generate Killer Mnemonics

20. SIDERA MEDICEA | Not Stars, But Still Revolutionary

21. HD 10180 | Lots of Numbers, Lots of Planets

22. TEIDE 1 | A Star Gone Wrong

23. ALDEBARAN I Rendezvous in the Distant Future

24. WISE 0855-0714 | All Alone in the Universe

25. WOLF 359 | The Battle for Earth

26. SN 1990O | Dark Energy-an Unsolved Puzzle

27. ALGOL | The Demon Star

28. POLARIS | One of Many

29. TYC 278-748-1 | The Asteroids' Shadow

30. SS LEPORIS | To the Roche Limit

31. L1448-IRS2E | Star Under Construction

32. NEMESIS | The Sun's Invisible Escort

33. NAVI | An Astronaut's Prank

34. 14 HERCULIS | Heavy Metal Stars

35. ALPHA CAPRICORNI | The Wellspring of Shooting Stars

36. ANWAR AL FARKADAIN | The End of the Night

37. SIRIUSB | The Future of the Sun

38. IOTA CARINAE | The Cosmic Eye Needs Glasses

39. SUN | The Lengthy Search for the Astronomical Unit

40. NOMAD1 0856-0015072 | Pluto's Belated Revenge

41. Z CHAMAELEONTIS | Too Soon for Black Dwarfs

42. HD 162826 | The Sun's Long-Lost Sibling?

43. 40 CANCRI | A Rejuvenating Collision

44. 171 PUPPIS A | The Birthplace of Gold and Silver

45. ALPHA ANTLIAE | The Sky's Toolbox

46. W75N(B)-VLA2 | A Baby Star Loses Mass

47. HIP 13044 | A Case for Astro-Archaeology

48. KIC 4150611 | We Need More Syzygies!

49. DELTA CEPHEI | Henrietta Swan Leavitt's Wonderful Stars

50. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM | A Messiah's Status Symbol

51. ARCTURUS | The Speed of Rainbows

52. GAMMA DRACONIS | And Yet It Moves!

53. MERAK | Bears in the Big Dipper

54. GS0416200054 | Creative Roads to Discovery

55. PSR B1919+21 | Smashed and on Its Last Legs

56. CANOPUS | Blinding Brightness

57. ETA CARINAE | A Leak in the Hull

58. ALPHECCA | A Colorless Jewel in the Celestial Crown

59. BARNARD'S STAR | A Controversial Fast Bowler

60. DENEB | Cecilia Payne Fathoms the Stars

61. BETA PICTORIS | Visions of an Alien World

62. 72 TAURI | The Star "mat Made Einstein's Name

63. VI | The Most Important Star in the Universe

64. KEPLER-1 | Bright Sun, Dark World

65. HD 209458 | The Star with an Evaporating Planet

66. PROXIMA CENTAURI | The Star Next Door

67. NGS | Killed by Laser

68. M87* | The Invisible Made Visible

69. KIC 11145123 | The Roundest Star in the Universe

70. THE MORNING STAR | Light-Bringer in Disguise

71. OGLE-2003-BLG-235/MOA-2003-BLG-53 | Starry Spectacles

72. ORION SOURCE I | A Rather Salty Star

73. LICH | A Dead Star's Phantom Planets

74. SO-102 | The Star Gazing into the Abyss

75. GRB 010119 | Quantum Gravity and Planck Stars

76. SCHOLZ'S STAR | A Near Miss in the Stone Age

77. ICARUS | The Light of the Most Distant Star

78. SIRIUS | The Flood-Bringer's Dawn

79. V1364 CYGNI | In Search of Dark Matter

80. KIC 8462852 | The Rise and Fall of an Alien Civilization

81. STAR 23 | The Riddle of the Sky Disk

82. SN 2008ha | The Sky Belongs to Everyone

83. SPICA | Climate Change and Celestial Mechanics

84. FELIS | Celestial Ex-Cat

85. WASP-12 | Wet Asphalt in Space

86. ULAS J1342+0928 | Shining a Light into the Cosmic Dark Age

87. SANDULEAK-69 202 | The Long-Awaited

88. 3C 58 | Star Full of Quarks

89. CoRoT-7 | Home of the Super-Earth

90. CYGNUS X-1 | The Black Hole's Bright Light

91. THE GREEN STAR | It's Black and White

92. GLIESE 710 | A Close Encounter in the Distant Future

93. GRB 080319B | The Biggest Explosions in the Universe

94. GW150914 | Gravity's Light

95. R136a1 | The Monster in the Tarantula Nebula

96. TRAPPIST-1 | The Perpetual Discovery of the Second Earth

97. PCYGNI | A Question of Distance

98. OUTCAST | Through the Milky Way at Hyperspeed

99. S MONOCEROTIS | The Spiral Galaxy in the Christmas Tree

100. ZETA OPHIUCHI | Cosmic Rays and Climate Change.

Notes:

"Originally published in Germany as Eine Geschichte des Universums in 100 Sternen by Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, in 2019."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Freistetter, Florian, 1977- Story of the universe in 100 stars

ISBN:

9781615197361

1615197362

OCLC:

1159040845