Cosmic Catastrophes: Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe

by J. Craig Wheeler

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521857147
• ISBN13: 9780521857147
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"