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Cosmic catastrophes : supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and adventures in hyperspace
- Title
- Cosmic catastrophes : supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and adventures in hyperspace / J. Craig Wheeler.
- Author
- Wheeler, J. Craig.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- In this tour de force of the ultimate and extreme in the universe, renowned astrophysicist and author J. Craig Wheeler takes readers on a breathtaking journey to supernovae, black holes, gamma-ray bursts and adventures in hyperspace. This is no far-fetched science fiction tale, but an enthusiastic exploration of ideas at the cutting edge of science. 33 halftones.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Setting the stage: star formation and hydrogen burning in single stars -- Stellar death: the inexorable grip of gravity -- Dancing with stars: binary stellar evolution -- Accretion disks: flat stars -- White dwarfs: quantum dots -- Supernovae: stellar catastrophes -- Supernova 1987A: lessons and enigmas -- Neutron stars: atoms with attitude -- Black holes in theory: into the abyss -- Black holes in fact: exploring the reality -- Supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and the universe: long, long ago, and far, far away -- Black holes, worm holes, and beyond: the frontiers.
- ISBN
- 0521651956
- 9780521651950
- LCCN
- 99053321
- OCLC
- ocm42690140
- 42690140
- SCSB-963298
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library