100 Billion Suns

by Kippenhahn, Rudolf; Steinberg, Jean

• ISBN13: 9780691087818
• ISBN10: 0691087814
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-04-19
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

How are the nuclear power plants we call "stars" formed? Where do they get their energy and how do they die--and what does this suggest about the future of the universe? One of the most popular books written on astrophysics,100 Billion Sunsprovides an exhilarating and authoritative life history of the stars.

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Paperback Edition
Introduction	p. 3
The Long Life of Stars	p. 8
The Astrophysicist's Most Important Diagram	p. 20
Stars As Nuclear Power Plants	p. 39
Stars and Stellar Models	p. 56
The Life Story of the Sun	p. 73
The Life Story of Massive Stars	p. 92
Highly Evolved Stars	p. 110
Pulsars Do Not Pulsate	p. 127
When Stars Steal Mass from Other Stars	p. 151
X-ray Stars	p. 170
The End of Stars	p. 193
How Stars Are Born	p. 206
Planets and Their Inhabitants	p. 230
The Velocities of Stars	p. 247
How the Universe Is Measured	p. 251
Weighing the Stars	p. 256
Afterword to the Princeton Science Library Edition	p. 261
Index	p. 265
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