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100 Billion Suns: the Birth, Life, and Death of the Stars (Princeton Science Library)

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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. Color plates.
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Table of Contents

Preface to the First Paperback Edition
Introduction3
1The Long Life of Stars8
2The Astrophysicist's Most Important Diagram20
3Stars As Nuclear Power Plants39
4Stars and Stellar Models56
5The Life Story of the Sun73
6The Life Story of Massive Stars92
7Highly Evolved Stars110
8Pulsars Do Not Pulsate127
9When Stars Steal Mass from Other Stars151
10X-ray Stars170
11The End of Stars193
12How Stars Are Born206
13Planets and Their Inhabitants230
Appendix A: The Velocities of Stars247
Appendix B: How the Universe Is Measured251
Appendix C: Weighing the Stars256
Afterword to the Princeton Science Library Edition261
Index265

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ISBN:
9780691087818
Subtitle:
The Birth, Life, and Death of the Stars
Translator:
Steinberg, Jean
Author:
Steinberg
Author:
Jean
Author:
Kippenhahn, Rudolf
Author:
Steinberg, Jean
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Location:
Princeton, N.J. :
Subject:
Astronomy - Star Guides
Subject:
Science
Subject:
Evolution
Subject:
Stars
Subject:
Stars -- Evolution.
Subject:
Astronomy - General
Subject:
Astronomy
Subject:
Physics
Subject:
Astronomy and Cosmology
Subject:
Physics and Astroscience
Copyright:
1993
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Princeton Science Library
Series Volume:
1200-FL
Publication Date:
April 1993
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
6 color plates, 91 figures
Pages:
280
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.12 in 15 oz
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