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From Black Clouds to Black Holes
by Jayant V. Narlikar
Product Group: Book
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc (1985-03)
ISBN: 9971978156
EAN: 9789971978150
Dewy Decimal #: 523.8
Paperback: 158 pages
SKU: GD110227
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Exactly as shown, Ex Library copy with usual stamps and stickers. Book is bound strong, has moderate wear and text is clean and unmarked.
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Product Description
This book describes in nontechnical language one of the success stories of modern (twentieth-century) astronomy. It presents us with the physical picture of what constitutes a star, a description of how a star evolves with time, how its shape and brightness change, how it manufactures the chemical elements deep in its interior, what makes it explode... The presentation also includes exotic objects such as supernovae, pulsars, neutron stars and white dwarfs, and of course, black holes. This revised edition brings the discussion up to date with the inclusion of astronomical events like Supernova 1987A and findings from the Hubble Space Telescope as well as other observations. The book is appropriate as supplementary material for an elementary course on astronomy and astrophysics. --This text refers to the paperback edition of this title
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