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From black clouds to black holes

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Singapore, WSP: 2012.Edition: 3rdDescription: xii,202p. : illISBN:
  • 9789814350372
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • B96 N5;Q2 TC
Summary: 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.
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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.

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