An edition of Cosmic Catastrophes (2007)

Cosmic Catastrophes

Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe

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An edition of Cosmic Catastrophes (2007)

Cosmic Catastrophes

Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe

2nd ed.

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

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
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359

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Black holes (Astronomy), Stars, Supernovae, Science, Astronomy, Hyperspace
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Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe
2014, Cambridge University Press
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Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe
2010, Cambridge University Press
in English
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Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe
2009, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: Cosmic Catastrophes
Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe
2007, Cambridge University Press
in English
Cover of: Cosmic Catastrophes
Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe
2007, Cambridge University Press
electronic resource : in English - 2nd ed.

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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.

12 Supernovae and the Universe: probing the size, shape, and fate of the Universe with supernovae13 Wormholes, and time machines: tunnels in space and time; 14 Beyond: the frontiers; Index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
523.84465
Library of Congress
QB843.S95, QB843.S95 W48 2007eb, QB843.S95W48 2007

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1 online resource (359 p.)
Number of pages
359

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OL27027613M
Internet Archive
cosmiccatastroph00jcwh
ISBN 10
0511269110
ISBN 13
9780511269110
OCLC/WorldCat
703855829

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