Stars and galaxies
By: Lauren V. Jones.
Series: Greenwood guides to the universe -- v. 6
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313340758; 9781573567497
Subjects: Stars -- Popular works; Galaxies -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a star?; title: Star light, star bright; title: Putting together the puzzle of stellar evolution; title: Variable stars; title: What makes a galaxy?; title: The Milky Way; title: Arms in disk galaxies; title: Galaxy interactions; title: Active galaxies; title: Galaxy evolution.