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Princeton Science Library: 100 Billion Suns : The Birth, Life, and Death of the Stars by Rudolf Kippenhahn (1993, Trade Paperback)
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How are the nuclear power plants we call "stars" formed? Where do they get their energy and how do they die--and what does this suggest about the future of the universe? One of the most popular books written on astrophysics, 100 Billion Suns provides an exhilarating and authoritative life history of the stars.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691087814
ISBN-139780691087818
eBay Product ID (ePID)1026817
Product Key Features
Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication Name100 Billion Suns : the Birth, Life, and Death of the Stars
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAstronomy
Publication Year1993
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorRudolf Kippenhahn
Subject AreaScience
SeriesPrinceton Science Library
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN92-015753
ReviewsWriting with Asimov-like clarity, [Rudolf Kippenhahn] makes exciting reading of the advances modern technology has brought to our knowledge of what is really happening out there in the Milky Way and far beyond., "Kippenhahn has produced an excellent and most readable book. . . . Come on all you amateurs or armchair enthusiasts out there, read it and enjoy astrophysics as it really is!" -- New Scientist, An admirable introduction to the difficult subject of stellar evolution accurately aimed at the general reader., Kippenhahn has produced an excellent and most readable book. . . . Come on all you amateurs or armchair enthusiasts out there, read it and enjoy astrophysics as it really is!, "Writing with Asimov-like clarity, [Rudolf Kippenhahn] makes exciting reading of the advances modern technology has brought to our knowledge of what is really happening out there in the Milky Way and far beyond."-- Publishers Weekly, "An admirable introduction to the difficult subject of stellar evolution accurately aimed at the general reader." -- Nature, "Kippenhahn has produced an excellent and most readable book. . . . Come on all you amateurs or armchair enthusiasts out there, read it and enjoy astrophysics as it really is!"-- New Scientist, "An admirable introduction to the difficult subject of stellar evolution accurately aimed at the general reader."-- Nature, "Writing with Asimov-like clarity, [Rudolf Kippenhahn] makes exciting reading of the advances modern technology has brought to our knowledge of what is really happening out there in the Milky Way and far beyond." -- Publishers Weekly
Series Volume Number12
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPreface to the First Paperback Edition Introduction 3 1 The Long Life of Stars 8 2 The Astrophysicist's Most Important Diagram 20 3 Stars As Nuclear Power Plants 39 4 Stars and Stellar Models 56 5 The Life Story of the Sun 73 6 The Life Story of Massive Stars 92 7 Highly Evolved Stars 110 8 Pulsars Do Not Pulsate 127 9 When Stars Steal Mass from Other Stars 151 10 X-ray Stars 170 11 The End of Stars 193 12 How Stars Are Born 206 13 Planets and Their Inhabitants 230 Appendix A: The Velocities of Stars 247 Appendix B: How the Universe Is Measured 251 Appendix C: Weighing the Stars 256 Afterword to the Princeton Science Library Edition 261 Index 265
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisHow are the nuclear power plants we call "stars" formed? Where do they get their energy and how do they die--and what does this suggest about the future of the universe? One of the most popular books written on astrophysics, 100 Billion Suns provides an exhilarating and authoritative life history of the stars.
