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.