From Black Clouds To Black Holes - Softcover

Narlikar, J V

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9971978156 ISBN 13: 9789971978150

Publisher: Wspc, 1985

Synopsis

This book describes in a non-technical language, one of the success stories of modern (twentieth-century) astronomy. It presents us with the physical picture of what constitutes a star, with 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 objects such as supernovae, pulsars, neutron stars and white dwarfs, and of course, black holes. The book will be appropriate as supplementary material for an elementary course on astronomy and astrophysics.

About this title

About the Author:

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar is currently the Founder Director of the Inter-Varsity Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pune.

Review:

"Professor Narlikar has produced a text which is an elegant model of lucidity. The discussion strips away all unnecessary detail and goes to the heart of the physical principles, in a style that would be accessible for any intelligent school student with a basic background in science. I can certainly recommend this book for the intended readership of young enquiring minds, or even for the layperson who is curious about astronomy, especially as it is written by one of the world's most eminent astronomers with a talent for knowing what to leave out, and yet still retain a coherent and logical discussion of the key principles of stellar physics." -- John Hearnshaw, Professor of Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

About this edition

• Publisher: Wspc
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 9971978156
• ISBN 13: 9789971978150
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158