From Black Clouds to Black Holes (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics ; 1)
 

From Black Clouds to Black Holes (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics ; 1)

by Jayant V. Narlikar

This book describes in nontechnical language one of the success stories of modern (twentieth-century) astronomy. It presents us with the physical picture of what constitutes a star, a description of how a star evolves with time, how its shape and brightness change, how it manufactures the chemical elements deep in its interior, what makes it explode... The presentation also includes exotic... (read more)

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  • sarvnipun
    • Rated 5 stars

    amazing read....if you cant get past the science of Dr Narlikar's cocmology textbook, but still want to know what the great man says about the cosmos, this is the book for you

    sarvnipun wrote this review Sunday, October 7 2007. ( reply | permalink )
  • girishchoure
    • Rated 5 stars

    Astronomy explained in plain lucid language.Must read for the intersted people.

    girishchoure wrote this review Thursday, October 4 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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