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2002. CUTOUT MYLAR COVER. An acceptable copy due to a cut-out in mylar covering. Otherwise, a good ex-library hardcover with typical library markings. An occasional smudge or mark, otherwise clean pages. Minor cover wear. Mylar covered dust jacket with library label cut out of mylar. Booksavers receives donated books and recycles them in a variety of ways. Proceeds benefit the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the U.S. and around the world. Seller Inventory # mon0000248450
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Hundred Greatest Stars
Publisher: Copernicus
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Acceptable
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
About this title
- Rapid rotators like the Black Widow, which spins 640 times per second, and speedsters like Barnard's Star, which clips along at 90 kilometers per second.
- Dazzling stars like Canopus, which shines 14,800 times more brightly than the Sun, and black holes like Cygnus X-1, with gravity so strong that no light at all escapes it.
- White dwarfs like EG 129, which has a magnetic field over a billion times stronger than Earth's.
- Young stars like T Tauri, just forming and accreting mass, and older stars like Eta Carinae that have exploded and are ejecting mass back into the Universe.
- Tiny neutron stars like Geminga, just 30 kilometers across, and enormous stars like VV Cephei, which is nearly as large as the entire orbit of Saturn.
The variety is astounding, even a bit overwhelming. How can the nascent stargazer begin to understand all the cosmos has to offer? In THE HUNDRED GREATEST STARS, James B. Kaler paints intimate portraits of the 100 stars he likes best. With an infectious enthusiasm, Kaler tells us about his favorites and, in the process, shows us how each star fits into the development and evolution of the cosmos.
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