A Hundred Billion Suns: The Birth, Evolution, and Death of Stars

Author: Rudolf Kippenhain
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book discusses:
The sun's energy as a stellar power station
Pulsars as nuclear power plants in the sky
Stellar theft
The birth of a white dwarf
The story of Uhuru
X-ray stars in the constellation Hercules
The fate of stars
What are the spiral arms?
How are stars formed?
Are there a million planets with life in the Milky Way?
This book introduces the energy, structure, and evolution of stars, radio pulsars, close binary stars, mass transfer, compact X-rays, and extraterrestrial civilization. The book largely avoids mathematical formulas, uses many vivid metaphors, and narrates many stories from the author's personal experiences, making it a unique and excellent popular science work.