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100 Billion Suns - Hardcover

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Synopsis

An eminent astrophysicist presents an analysis of stellar evolution, explaining the origins, life cycle, and death of stars and discussing the future of the universe and the current status of research in astrophysics

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Review

"Writing with Asimov-like clarity, [Rudolf Kippenhahn] makes exciting reading of the advances modern technology has brought to our knowledge of what is really happening out there in the Milky Way and far beyond." --Publishers Weekly

"Kippenhahn has produced an excellent and most readable book. . . . Come on all you amateurs or armchair enthusiasts out there, read it and enjoy astrophysics as it really is!" --New Scientist

"A thoroughly delightful and informative book." --The New York Times Book Review

"An admirable introduction to the difficult subject of stellar evolution accurately aimed at the general reader." --Nature

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