The Little Book of Stars [E-Book] / by James B. Kaler.
The Little Book of Stars tells the story of stellar science and what the stars mean to us from a variety of perspectives. Beginning with the "big picture;' the book moves through progressively more and more intimate views until we feel we can hold the stars in our hands, from which we can...
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Personal Name(s): | Kaler, James B., author |
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New York, NY :
Springer,
2001
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Physical Description: |
VIII, 184 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9780387216218 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-0-387-21621-8 |
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Little Book Series
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- Stars: Beginnings. Defining a star. Chemical composition. Age. Gravitational compression. Nuclear reactions
- Collections: Distances and luminosities. Doubles, multiples, and masses. Clusters. Our Galaxy. Other galaxies. The universe of galaxies
- Kinds: The Sun. Spectra and classes. The HR diagram. Dwarfs and giants. Supergiants. White dwarfs
- Parade: The night sky. Constellations. Naming the stars. Your fortune please. Timekeepers. The navigator
- Bazaar: Variable stars. Pitch and catch. Strange. chemistries. Planetary nebulae. Supernovae. Neutron stars
- Linkages: Main sequence evolution. Growth. Transformation. Cataclysm. Darkness
- Dawn: Nebulae. Building blocks. Collapse. Birth. Disks and planets. Looking outward.