Cosmic catastrophes : exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe / J. Craig Wheeler.

By:

Wheeler, J. Craig

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0511269110
9780511269110
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9780511267161
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9780511270130
0511270135
9780511536625
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9781280750489
0511268440
9780511268441

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cosmic catastrophes.DDC classification:

523.8/4465 22

LOC classification:

QB843.S95 W48 2007eb

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Setting the stage: star formation and hydrogen burning in single stars; 2 Stellar death: the inexorable grip of gravity; 3 Dancing with stars: binary stellar evolution; 4 Accretion disks: flat stars; 5 White dwarfs: quantum dots; 6 Supernovae: stellar catastrophes; 7 Supernova 1987A: lessons and enigmas; 8 Neutron stars: atoms with attitude; 9 Black holes in theory: into the abyss; 10 Black holes in fact: exploring the reality; 11 Gamma-ray bursts, black holes and the Universe: long, long ago and far, far away.

Summary: Fully updated second edition for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Previous edition: 2000.

Includes index.

Fully updated second edition for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.