Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the UniverseFrom 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. |
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Gebruikersrecensie - GoodreadsWant to understand the true nature of exploding stars? What makes a neutron star? How about the nature of black holes? If these are questions that of interest to you, then this is the book for you ... Volledige recensie lezen
Inhoudsopgave
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2 | 27 |
Stellar wind | 33 |
3 | 42 |
4 | 55 |
magnetic | 62 |
5 | 68 |
6 | 79 |
8 | 141 |
9 | 176 |
10 | 207 |
11 | 229 |
12 | 263 |
13 | 286 |
2D space of wormhole | 291 |
14 | 297 |
7 | 118 |
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Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe J. Craig Wheeler Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2014 |
Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe J. Craig Wheeler Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2007 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accretion disk angular momentum astronomers baryons binary system black hole black-hole bright burning carbon Chandrasekhar Chapter compact companion star conservation core collapse curvature curved space Cygnus X-1 dark energy density detected dimensions direction distance Earth Einstein’s theory ejected electrons elements emitted envelope event horizon expand explosion Figure flow galaxies gamma gamma-ray bursts gravity heat helium Hubble hydrogen inner iron core jets leptons luminosity magnetic field mass transfer massive stars matter models motion moving nature neutrinos neutron star Newton’s normal novae nuclear force object Observatory optical orbit outburst outer particles physicists physics produce protons pulses quantum pressure radiation radio rays red giant result Roche lobe rotation ROTSE satellite Section shock singularity solar masses speed of light spherical spin spiral stellar string theory surface telescope temperature thermonuclear three-dimensional space two-dimensional Type Ia supernovae Universe vacuum energy velocity wave white dwarf wormhole X-ray sources