The Supernova Story / / Laurence Marschall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Marschall, Laurence,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Science Library ; 120
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (343 p.) :; 74 figs
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface (1994) --; Preface (1988) --; Acknowledgments --; CHAPTER 1. A VIEW FROM PLANET EARTH --; CHAPTER 2. MESSAGES IN STARLIGHT --; CHAPTER 3. NEW STARS IN ANCIENT TIMES --; CHAPTER 4. SUPERNOVAE AND THE REVOLUTION IN SCIENCE --; CHAPTER 5. THE LONG WAIT --; CHAPTER 6. WHY STARS EXPLODE --; CHAPTER 7. WISPS AND TATTERS --; CHAPTER 8. THE EYE OF THE STORM --; CHAPTER 9. SEEDING THE STARS --; CHAPTER 10. COSMIC DIMENSIONS --; CHAPTER 11. A DEATH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD --; CHAPTER 12. INTO THE FUTURE --; Epilogue (1994) --; Bibliographical Notes --; Glossary --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691224909; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691224909?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Laurence Marschall.

Astronomers believe that a supernova is a massive explosion signaling the death of a star, causing a cosmic recycling of the chemical elements and leaving behind a pulsar, black hole, or nothing at all. In an engaging story of the life cycles of stars, Laurence Marschall tells how early astronomers identified supernovae, and how later scientists came to their current understanding, piecing together observations and historical accounts to form a theory, which was tested by intensive study of SN 1987A, the brightest supernova since 1006. He has revised and updated The Supernova Story to include all the latest developments concerning SN 1987A, which astronomers still watch for possible aftershocks, as well as SN 1993J, the spectacular new event in the cosmic laboratory.