Ganesan Srinivasan: What are the Stars?

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Beschreibung

The outstanding question in astronomy at the turn of the twentieth century was: What are the stars and why are they as they are? In this volume, the story of how the answer to this fundamental question was unravelled is narrated in an informal style, with emphasis on the underlying physics. This book discusses recent developments in the context of discussing the nature of the stars, their stability and the source of the energy they radiate.
Reading this book will get young students excited about the presently unfolding revolution in astronomy and the challenges that await them in the world of physics, engineering and technology. General readers will also find the book appealing for its highly accessible narrative of the physics of stars.

Über den Autor

Dr. G. Srinivasan began his career as a solid state physicist and later switched to astrophysics. After his PhD at the University of Chicago, he worked at the IBM Research Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. He is a Past President of the Astronomical Society of India as well as the Division of Space and High Energy Astrophysics of the International Astronomical Union. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and a former Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow.

Zusammenfassung

Explains what stars really are through basic physics and recent findings

Successfully conveys the excitement of astronomical discovery

Provides rich information and drawings on the exotic physical phenomena underlying celestial objects

Motivates readers with the challenges that await them in science

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Present Revolution in Astronomy: An Overview.- What Are the Stars?.- Stars as Globes of Gas.- Eddington's Theory of the Stars.- Why Are the Stars as They Are?.- Energy Generation in the Stars.- Sounds of the Sun.- The Smoking Gun is Finally Found.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xlv 177 S. 105 s/w Illustr. 177 p. 105 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783642453014
ISBN-10:	3642453015
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	86243167
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Srinivasan, Ganesan
Hersteller:	Springer Berlin Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Ganesan Srinivasan
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.03.2014
Gewicht:	0,347 kg