Lang, Kenneth R.

The life and death of stars / Kenneth R. Lang. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xiv, 332 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-315) and indexes.

Light of the Sun -- Gravity and Motion -- Atomic and Subatomic Particles -- Transmutation of the Elements -- What Makes the Sun Shine? -- The Extended Solar Atmosphere -- Comparisons of the Sun with Other Stars -- The Lives of Stars -- The Material Between the Stars -- New Stars Arise from the Darkness -- Stellar End States -- A Larger, Expanding Universe -- Birth, Life, and Death of the Universe.

9781107016385 (hardback)

2012033415


Stars--Formation.
Stars--Evolution.
Stellar dynamics.
SCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science.

QB806 / .L36 2013

523.8/8