Several years ago, my wife graduated from Mesa Community College and transferred to Arizona State University in the middle of the year. Since she needed a science for graduation credit, I talked her into taking Astronomy, an easy science if there ever was one.
Astrophysics is the study of the physics of astronomy.
The books on this page are related to the physical processes that make the stars the way they are. Some of these books are not for the faint-hearted. Gribbin, is a scientist with a rare talent for translating complicated facts, theories, and questions into the laypersons language. In other words, it isn't all worked out yet. Nickolas Solomey University of Chicago physicist Nickolas Solomey takes his readers through the mind-bending world of particle physics, using research involving neutrinos as a navigational tool.