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What are the Stars?

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Authors:
  1. Ganesan Srinivasan

    1. Bangalore, India

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  • Explains what stars really are through basic physics and recent findings
  • Successfully conveys the excitement of astronomical discovery
  • Provides rich information and drawings on the exotic physical phenomena underlying celestial objects
  • Motivates readers with the challenges that await them in science
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlv
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  2. What are the Stars?

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    Pages 1-19

  3. Stars as Globes of Gas

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    Pages 21-32

  4. Eddington’s Theory of the Stars

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    Pages 33-62

  5. Why are the Stars as they are?

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    Pages 63-76

  6. Energy Generation in the Stars

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    Pages 77-104

  7. Sounds of the Sun

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    Pages 105-141

  8. The Smoking Gun is Finally Found

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    Pages 143-169

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-177
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About this book

The outstanding question in astronomy at the turn of the twentieth century was: What are the stars and why are they as they are? In this volume, the story of how the answer to this fundamental question was unravelled is narrated in an informal style, with emphasis on the underlying physics. This book discusses recent developments in the context of discussing the nature of the stars, their stability and the source of the energy they radiate.

Reading this book will get young students excited about the presently unfolding revolution in astronomy and the challenges that await them in the world of physics, engineering and technology. General readers will also find the book appealing for its highly accessible narrative of the physics of stars.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bangalore, India

    Ganesan Srinivasan

About the author

Dr. G. Srinivasan began his career as a solid state physicist and later switched to astrophysics. After his PhD at the University of Chicago, he worked at the IBM Research Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. He is a Past President of the Astronomical Society of India as well as the Division of Space and High Energy Astrophysics of the International Astronomical Union. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and a former Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: What are the Stars?

  • Authors: Ganesan Srinivasan

  • Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45302-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-45301-4Published: 27 March 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-45302-1Published: 11 March 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2192-4791

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLV, 177

  • Number of Illustrations: 105 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Original hardcover edition published by Universities Press (India) Private Ltd., Himayatnagar, 2011

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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