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The Life of Stars - The Controversial Inception and Emergence of the Theory of Stellar Structure (Hardcover, 2009)
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The Life of Stars - The Controversial Inception and Emergence of the Theory of Stellar Structure (Hardcover, 2009)
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It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions. William
Shakespeare, King Lear A Few Words about What, Why and How The
structure of the stars in general, and the Sun in particular, has
been the subject of
extensivescienti?cresearchanddebateforoveracentury.Thediscoveryofquantum
theoryduringthe?rsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyprovidedmuchofthetheoretical
background needed to understand the making of the stars and how
they live off their energysource. Progress in the theoryof stellar
structurewasmade through extensive discussions and controversies
between the giants of the ?elds, as well as brilliant discoveries
by astronomers. In this book, we shall carefully expose the
building of the theory of stellar structure and evolution, and
explain how our understanding of the stars has emerged from this
background of incessant debate. About hundred years were required
for astrophysics to answer the crucial ques tions: What is the
energy source of the stars? How are the stars made? How do they
evolve and eventually die? The answers to these questions have
profound im plications for astrophysics, physics, and biology, and
the question of how we our selves come to be here. While we already
possess many of the answers, the theory of stellar structure is far
from being complete, and there are many open questions, for
example, concerning the mechanisms which trigger giant supernova
explosions. Many internal hydrodynamic processes remain a mystery.
Yet some global pictures can indeed be outlined, and this is what
we shall attempt to do here.
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