Cosmic Catastrophes
Subtitle: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780511269110
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Stars; Supernovae; Science; Astronomy; Hyperspace
Description: Fully updated second edition for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.
Notes: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Setting the stage: star formation and hydrogen burning in single stars; 2 Stellar death: the inexorable grip of gravity; 3 Dancing with stars: binary stellar evolution; 4 Accretion disks: flat stars; 5 White dwarfs: quantum dots; 6 Supernovae: stellar catastrophes; 7 Supernova 1987A: lessons and enigmas; 8 Neutron stars: atoms with attitude; 9 Black holes in theory: into the abyss; 10 Black holes in fact: exploring the reality; 11 Gamma-ray bursts, black holes and the Universe: long, long ago and far, far away.

12 Supernovae and the Universe: probing the size, shape, and fate of the Universe with supernovae13 Wormholes, and time machines: tunnels in space and time; 14 Beyond: the frontiers; Index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Setting the stage: star formation and hydrogen burning in single stars; 2 Stellar death: the inexorable grip of gravity; 3 Dancing with stars: binary stellar evolution; 4 Accretion disks: flat stars; 5 White dwarfs: quantum dots; 6 Supernovae: stellar catastrophes; 7 Supernova 1987A: lessons and enigmas; 8 Neutron stars: atoms with attitude; 9 Black holes in theory: into the abyss; 10 Black holes in fact: exploring the reality; 11 Gamma-ray bursts, black holes and the Universe: long, long ago and far, far away.