Cosmic catastrophes: exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe

From supernovae and gamma-ray bursts to the accelerating Universe, this is an exploration of the intellectual threads that lead to some of the most exciting ideas in modern astrophysics and cosmology. This fully updated second edition incorporates new material on binary stars, black holes, gamma-ray...

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Beteilige Person: Wheeler, J. Craig
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2007
Ausgabe:Second edition.
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536625
Zusammenfassung:From supernovae and gamma-ray bursts to the accelerating Universe, this is an exploration of the intellectual threads that lead to some of the most exciting ideas in modern astrophysics and cosmology. This fully updated second edition incorporates new material on binary stars, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, worm-holes, quantum gravity and string theory. It covers the origins of stars and their evolution, the mechanisms responsible for supernovae, and their progeny, neutron stars and black holes. It examines the theoretical ideas behind black holes and their manifestation in observational astronomy and presents neutron stars in all their variety known today. This book also covers the physics of the twentieth century, discussing quantum theory and Einstein's gravity, how these two theories collide, and the prospects for their reconciliation in the twenty-first century. This will be essential reading for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics, and an excellent, accessible introduction for a wider audience.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 339 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511536625