Description
With roughly 100 billion stars in the Milky Way alone, the cosmos is simply too vast for an unabridged tell-all. But heres the next best thing: 100 starsbright and faint, near and far, famous and obscure, long dead and as-yet unborn, red, yellow, blue, and white (but, as youll learn, never green)handpicked by astronomer Florian Freistetter because they have the very best stories to tell:
GRB 080319B, the farthest weve seen into space with the naked eye
Gamma Draconis, the star that proved Earth rotates on its axis
V1364 CYGNI, pivotal in the discovery of dark matter
72 Tauri, definitive evidence for Einsteins theory of relativity
V1, which revealed horizons beyond the Milky Way
Algol, called the Demon Star for its mysterious blinkingand many more!
Freistetters short, easy-to-read profiles not only invite you to gaze into the past and future of the universe, they introduce a stellar cast of scientists who came before: from Annie Jump Cannon, who revolutionized how we classify the stars, to Dorrit Hoffleit, who first counted them. Enjoy your journey through the cosmos. . . .
Author: Florian Freistetter
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781615197361
Language: English
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