Sirius Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky /

• Main Author: Holberg, Jay B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Sirius - A Diamond in the Night will tell two stories. The first and most obvious is why the star known as Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky by many civilizations and cultures since the beginnings of history. A second, but related, narrative is the prominent part that...

Table of Contents:

• Ancient Sirius
• The Goddess of the Eastern Horizon
• The Dog Star
• The Nature of the Stars
• From Myth to Reality
• A Dark Star Prophesied
• A Dark Star Revealed
• The Physics of the Stars
• An Odd Pair
• Giants among the Dwarfs
• A Matter of Degeneracy
• Einstein’s Well
• A Controversial and Occult Sirius
• A Red Sirius
• Modern Mysteries
• A Contemporary and Future Sirius
• A View from Space
• Past, Present, and Future.