From black clouds to black holes
Narlikal, Jayant V.
From black clouds to black holes - 3rd - Singapore, WSP: 2012. - xii,202p. : ill.
Index 199-202p.
This book presents in a simple style the success story of modern astrophysics -- how the application of known physics to models of stars can, together with the observational data, help us understand what stars are made of, how they live and how they die. The account is non-technical but scientifically accurate. It is interspersed with anecdotes and analogies to make the subject matter readable and understandable even to a lay reader with some basic scientific background.
9789814350372
Textbook
Astronomy
Extrasolar planets
Variable stars
Physics
From black clouds to black holes - 3rd - Singapore, WSP: 2012. - xii,202p. : ill.
Index 199-202p.
This book presents in a simple style the success story of modern astrophysics -- how the application of known physics to models of stars can, together with the observational data, help us understand what stars are made of, how they live and how they die. The account is non-technical but scientifically accurate. It is interspersed with anecdotes and analogies to make the subject matter readable and understandable even to a lay reader with some basic scientific background.
9789814350372
Textbook
Astronomy
Extrasolar planets
Variable stars
Physics