{"product_id":"what-are-the-stars-9788173717413","title":"What are the Stars?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): G Srinivasan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first volume in the series \u003cstrong\u003e‘The Present Revolution in Astronomy’\u003c\/strong\u003e authored by G Srinivasan. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe outstanding question in astronomy at the turn of the twentieth century was: what are the stars and why are they as they are? In this volume, the story of how the answer to this fundamental question was unravelled is narrated in an informal style, with emphasis on the underlying physics. It also gives an overview of the topics that will be covered in later volumes—white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes, galaxies, and the universe at large.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0pc\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI know of no comparable book in the present-day literature that so successfully conveys the excitement of the development of ideas pertaining to the physics of stars, including the newest discoveries, and at the same time explains the fundamentals so well.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"right\" style=\"margin-top:0pc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE P J van den Heuvel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Astrophysics\u003cbr\u003e University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"gsrinivasantalk.asp\" title=\"Maps of Time: Ganesan Srinivasan at THiNK 2012\" target=\"_new\"\u003e Listen to author's talk on Youtube\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616518234263,"sku":"9788173717413","price":487.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788173717413.webp?v=1769295005","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/what-are-the-stars-9788173717413","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}