The Stars of Heaven
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 3 June 2004
- ISBN 9780195171594
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 154x242x17 mm
- Weight 363 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous halftones and line drawings 0
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Short description:
An entertaining and accessible introduction to astrophysics; covering stars and stellar evolution, the origin of all the heavier elements in stellar supernovas, and the second and third generation stars that form from the debris of earlier stars. This enjoyable book is by a well-known science writer, and the fundamental subject matter might make this his most popular book yet.
MoreLong description:
Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With this astonishing guide book, you need not be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their profound meaning for human existence.
Stars have fascinated humankind since the dawn of history and have allowed us to transcend ordinary lives in our literature, art, and religions. In fact, humans have always looked to the stars as a source of inspiration and transcendence that lifts us beyond the boundaries of ordinary intuition. In the tradition of One Two Three...Infinity, Pickover tackles a range of topics from stellar evolution to the fundamental and awe-inspiring reasons why the universe permits life to flourish. Where did we come from? What is the universe's ultimate fate? Pickover alternates sections that explain the mysteries of the cosmos with sections that dramatise mind-expanding concepts through a fictional dialogue between futuristic humans and their alien peers who embark on a journey beyond the reader's wildest imagination. This highly accessible and entertaining approach turns an intimidating subject into a scientific game open to all dreamers.
The Stars of Heaven will appeal to scientists and science-fiction enthusiasts, as well as astronomers, theologians, philosophers, and the curious.
"The journey helps readers understand where humans came from, the probable fate of the universe, and what stars tell us about our very being."--Science News
Table of Contents:
Stellar Parallax and the Quest for Transcendence
The Joy and Paschen of Starlight
Spectral Classes, Temperatures, and Doppler Shifts
Luminosity and the Distance Modulus
Hertzsprung-Russell, Mass-Luminosity Relations, Binary Stars
Last Tango on the Heliopause
Stellar Evolution and the Helium Flash
Stellar Graveyards, Nucleosynthesis, and Why We Exist
Some Final Thoughts
Stars in the Bible
Updates and Breakthroughs
Further Reading
About the Author
