Extreme Stars At the Edge of Creation James Kaler University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Price: AUD$74.95
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Bindings: Hardback Date of Publication: 22/3/2001 Bibliographic Description: 2001 247 x 174 mm 264pp 22 line diagrams 118 half-tones 16 colour plates
Extreme Stars is a unique book describing the lives of stars from a new perspective, for anyone interested in stars. It examines their amazing extremes and results in a refreshing, up-to-date and engaging overview of stellar evolution, showing how each extreme turns into another under the inexorable twin forces of time and gravity. Ten chapters, generously illustrated throughout, explain the natures of the brightest, the largest, the hottest, the youngest, and so on, ending with a selection of the strangest stars the Universe has to offer.
Contents Preface; Prologue; 1. Sun and stars; 2. The faintest (and coolest) stars; 3. The coolest stars ... continued; 4. The hottest stars; 5. The brightest stars; 6. The largest stars; 7. The smallest stars; 8. The youngest stars; 9. The oldest stars; 10. The strangest stars; Index.
Key Features
A unique approach to explaining stellar evolution, both understandable and engaging
Demonstrates, with words and beautiful images, the amazing natures of stars at the limits of their existence
Explains the grand progression of stellar forms from one extreme to another
