Cosmic catastrophes : exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe /
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| Author / Creator: | Wheeler, J. Craig. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812948 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.