The evolution of stars : from birth to death / Graham Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Graham, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stars--Evolution.

Stars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

Why write a book about the stars? Of what use is their study? This book covers this ground with a number of anecdotes arising from the author's almost 60 years' experience as a research scientist who has worked with some of the largest telescopes in the world. The text exposes much of what is glossed over in the canned information that the public get and holds nothing back with respect to uncertainties within the subject. People want answers, want somehow to be reassured that someone out there has a handle on things. This book details the basis for our knowledge of the universe, warts and all, and offers important insights as to where the science is going.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Frontispiece

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Colour Centrefold

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Glossary

Journal Abbreviations

List of Illustrations and Figures

Figure 1-2. A view of the Milky Way from Cerro Paranal, Chile. The Magellanic clouds, the smaller (SMC) and larger (LMC), are our nearest galaxy neighbours, identified by Magellan on his circumnavigation of the globe in the early 1500s, are to the rig.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-5879-7

OCLC:

1193123489