Overview
- 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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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.
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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