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| Autore principale: | Miller, Arthur I.
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| Titolo: | Empire of the stars : obsession, friendship and betrayal in the quest for black holes / Arthur I. Miller. |
| Pubblicazione: | Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XX, 364 p., [8] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: Acknowledgments. Prologue. Pt. 1. The mystery of white dwarfs: 1. Fatal collision 2. A journey between two worlds 3. Rival giants of astrophisics 4. Stellar buffoonery 5. Into the crucibles of nature 6. Eddington's discontents 7. American adventure 8. An era ends. Pt. 2. Stars and bombs: 9. How stars shine 10. Supernovae in the heavens and on Earth 11. How the unthinkable became thinkable. Pt. 3. What happens when stars die: 12. The Jaws of darkness 13. Shuddering before the beautiful 14. Into a black hole. Appendix A: The ongoing tale of Sirius B. Appendix B: Updating the supernova story. Notes. Bibliography. Biographical sketches. Glossary. Index |
| ISBN: | 061834151X |
| Discipline: | Stelle--Persone. |
| Persone: | Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, 1910-1995. Eddington, Arthur Stanley, 1882-1944. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 14862 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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