Exploding superstars
Subtitle: understanding supernovae and gamma-ray bursts
By: Alain Mazure and Stéphane Basa ; [translated by Bob Mizon]
Contributors: Basa, Stéphane
Series: Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy; Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
Publisher: Springer; Praxis Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York; Chichester, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780387095479
Subjects: Gamma ray bursts; Supernovae
Other titles: Understanding supernovae and gamma-ray bursts
Work titles: Univers dans tous ses éclats
Notes: Originally published in French under title:  L'Univers dans tous ses éclats : que se passe-t-il aux confins du cosmos?  Paris : Editions Dumond, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references  and index.

Webography: p. [147]-148.

Also available online via Springerlink.
Table of contents: title: Appetizer; title: Expanding universe; title: From the universe to the stars; title: Supernova; title: Supreme stars : gamma-ray bursts; title: Markers for cosmic surveys; title: Beacons in the cosmos; title: A bright, dark future; title: Appendices.