Title:
Stars : a very short introduction / Andrew King.
Author:
King, A. R., author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Call Number:
QB801 .K56 2012
Abstract:
Stars are a constant source of fascination. In this Very Short Introduction Andrew King introduces us to the science of stars; how they are born, how they live, and how they die. He shows how understanding the stars is the key to understanding the galaxies they inhabit, and how they provide us with clues to the existence of planets like our own.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199602926
Series:
Very short introductions ; 322
Very short introductions ; 322.
Physical Description:
xii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Subject Term:
Contents:
Science and the stars -- How the sun survives -- Life on main street -- Cooking the elements -- Stellar corpses -- Finding the bodies -- Measuring the universe -- The beginning.
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