Description: Title: 100 Stars That Explain the Universe Author: Freistetter, Florian Publisher: Experiment, LLC Binding: Paperback Pages: 304 Dimensions: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d Product Weight: 0.7 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781891011115 Our own Sun--a source of awe, myth, and mystery for untold generations of sky-gazers--is just one of roughly two hundred billion trillion stars. Together, they're a window into the profoundest questions in physics--overturning, again and again, how we understand light, matter, time, and existence itself. Florian Freistetter explains all this and more, in brief, easy-to-read profiles of the hundred most history-making stars, inviting readers to gaze into the past and future of the universe alongside a stellar cast of scientists-- from Annie Jump Cannon, who revolutionized how we classify the stars, to Dorrit Hoffleit, who first counted them. Enjoy your journey through the cosmos . . . GRB 080319B, the farthest we've seen into space with the naked eye V1364 CYGNI, pivotal in the discovery of dark matter 72 Tauri, definitive evidence for Einstein's theory of relativity Algol, called the Demon Star for its mysterious blinking--and many more! Publisher's note: 100 Stars That Explain the Universe was previously published in hardcover as The Story of the Universe in 100 Stars. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: 100 Stars That Explain the Universe
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Experiment LLC, T.H.E.
Topic: Cosmology, Space Science, History, Astronomy
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Florian Freistetter
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
