TY - BOOK AU - Narlikal, Jayant V. TI - From black clouds to black holes SN - 9789814350372 PY - 2012/// CY - Singapore PB - WSP KW - Astronomy KW - Extrasolar planets KW - Variable stars KW - Physics N1 - Index 199-202p N2 - 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 ER -