TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wheeler,J.Craig
TI  - Cosmic catastrophes: exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe 
SN  - 0511269110
AV  - QB843.S95 W48 2007eb
U1  - 523.8/4465 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Stars
KW  - Supernovae
KW  - Black holes (Astronomy)
KW  - Hyperspace
KW  - Supernovae as distance indicators
KW  - Étoiles
KW  - Trous noirs (Astronomie)
KW  - Hyperespace
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Kosmologie
KW  - gnd
KW  - ram
KW  - Trous noirs (astronomie)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Previous edition: 2000; Includes index; 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
N2  - Fully updated second edition for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=185842
ER  -