Published 1984 | Version v1
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Astrophysics today

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Description

Examining recent history, current trends, and future possibilities, the author reports the frontiers of research on the solar system, stars, galactic physics, and cosmological physics. The book discusses the great discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics and examines the circumstances in which they occurred. It discusses the physics of white dwarfs, the inflationary universe, the extinction of dinosaurs, black hole, cosmological models, and much more

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Publishing Information

Publisher
American Institute of Physics.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (USA)
ISBN
0-88318-446-X
Imprint Pagination
348 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19034253
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; EXPANSION; GALAXIES; REVIEWS; SOLAR SYSTEM; UNIVERSE; WHITE DWARF STARS
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; DWARF STARS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STARS