The Life of Stars The Controversial Inception and Emergence of the Theory of Stellar Structure /

• Main Author: Shaviv, Giora (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; History of Science.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.

This beautifully illustrated book describes the birth and evolution of the theory of stellar structure through the vehement controversy between biology (as presented by Darwin) and physics (as presented by Kelvin) about the age of the Earth, which culminated with Rutherford suggesting radioactive da...

Table of Contents:

• The Controversy about the Age of the Earth
• What Stellar Classification Tells Us
• The Dawn of a New Era
• Towards a Complete Theory of Stellar Structure
• From Chemistry to Dying Stars
• The Solution to the Stellar Energy Problem
• How the Low Mass Stars Perish
• The Life and Death of Massive Stars
• The Sun.