num_pages: 217
description: A lucid explanation of stellar evolution and atomic energy. Professor George Gamow outlines in simple terms the fundamental discoveries and theories of modern physics that illuminate the evolution of our world. Includes an Index. A most significant and scholarly book it encompasses such vast reaches of astronomical knowledge that one's imaginagtion is stimulated and one's intelligence richly satisfied.
language: English
title: The Birth and Death of the Sun
publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc