The Exploding Suns: The Secrets of the Supernovas

By Isaac Asimov

Book Overview

This science narrative utilizes the most recent astronomical research and data that exists on supernovas to detail their role in the life of man and the evolution of the universe This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525243232
• ISBN13: 9780525243236
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great Overview of Stars + Brief Biology

"The Exploding Suns" covers much history of human's study of the sky and much about stars and life in a surprisingly interesting manner. Descriptions are given about observations throughout history, especially of supernovas (which are what the text comes back to again and again -- hence the second portion of the title). The question that seems to be the main motivation for this book is, how do we explain our present situation?...