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Stars: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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Stars: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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List price R298
Loot Price R268
Discovery Miles 2 680
You Save R30 (10%)
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Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star. In this lively
and compact introduction, astrophysicist Andrew King reveals how
the laws of physics force stars to evolve, driving them through
successive stages of maturity before their inevitable and sometimes
spectacular deaths, to end as remnants such as black holes. The
book shows how we know what stars are made of, how gravity forces
stars like the Sun to shine by transmuting hydrogen into helium in
their centers, and why this stage is so long-lived and stable.
Eventually the star ends its life in one of just three ways, and
much of its enriched chemical content is blasted into space in its
death throes. Every dead star is far smaller and denser than when
it began, and we see how astronomers can detect these stellar
corpses as pulsars and black holes and other exotic objects. King
also shows how astronomers now use stars to measure properties of
the Universe, such as its expansion. Finally, the book asks how it
is that stars form in the first place, and how they re-form out of
the debris left by stars already dead. These birth events must also
be what made planets, not only in our solar system, but around a
large fraction of all stars.
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