The Supernova Story

Name: The Supernova Story
Brand: Princeton University Press
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Laurence A. Marschall(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 9. Februar 2021

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Cover Page
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Preface (1994)
Preface (1988)
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. A View From Planet Earth
Stars and Stories
What Astronomers Do
Lights in the Sky
Taking Stock of the Sky
Chapter 2. Messages in Starlight
The Measure of the Stars
The Doppler Shift and the Motions of Stars
The Measure of the Universe
Chapter 3. New Stars in Ancient Times
The Early Records
The Chinese Records
How to Recognize a Supernova
First Millennium Supernovae
The Supernova of 1006
The Supernova of 1054
The Supernova of 1181
A Thousand Years of Watching
Chapter 4. Supernovae and the Revolution in Science
Aristotle and the Medieval Cosmos
Tycho and the Nova Stella of 1572
The New Star of 1604
The New Cosmos
Chapter 5. The Long Wait
The Unsteady Stars
A Bright Star in Andromeda
The Recognition of Supernovae
Supernovae Defined
The Search Begins
High Tech Enters the Picture
The Human Eye versus the Eye of the Machine
Still Waiting after All These Years
Chapter 6. Why Stars Explode
Supernovae Observed
The Life of a Star
Over the Brink
Light Curves and Spectra
Type I Supernovae
Growing Distinctions
The State of Present Knowledge
Chapter 7. Wisps and Tatters
Supernova Remnants
The Crab Nebula
The Secret Life of Cassiopeia A
Young Supernova Remnants
Old Supernova Remnants
Chapter 8. The Eye of the Storm
Looking for Phantoms
The Discovery of Pulsars
The Nature of the Beast
Pulsars, Neutron Stars, and Supernova Remnants
From Neutron Stars to Black Holes
A Partial Picture
Chapter 9. Seeding the Stars
Atoms and the Universe
In the Beginning
Element Formation in Stars
Seeding the Stars
The Journeywork of the Stars
Chapter 10. Cosmic Dimensions
A Universe of Galaxies
Probing the Depths of Space
Shaping the Galaxies
Primordial Supernovae
Chapter 11. A Death in the Neighborhood
A Dot in a Cloud of Light
Which Star Exploded?
Much Ado about Almost Nothing-The Neutrino Burst
Observations and Theories
Clues in the Spectra
The Mystery Spot
What Do We Know So Far?
What's Next?
Chapter 12. Into the Future
A New Science
New Ways of Looking
Prospects
Epilogue (1994)
Bibliographical Notes
A Note on Sources
Suggested Reading
Glossary
Index

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