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Publication
New York : Copernicus, 2002.
Description
While there are guides to the visible sky, this is the first book to encompass the most important stars known in the universe at a level accessible to the layperson. The noted astronomer James Kaler takes us on a tour of the 100 most interesting stars, describing their characteristics and importance in words and vivid pictures. James B. Kaler is an internationally recognized expert on stars and their formation. A professor of astronomy at the University of Illinois, he is the author of "Stars and Their Spectra" (Cambridge), "Stars" (Freeman/Scientific American Library), "Cosmic Clouds" (Freeman/Scientific American Library), and numerous articles for popular and professional astronomy magazines.
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LibraryThing member fpagan
Two-page illustrated profiles of individual stars (of the cosmic variety, natch, not the Hollywood).
LibraryThing member barbharris1
This is an excellent "biography" of the 100 greatest stars (in the authors opinion). Each entry describes the location of the star (constellation), other names for the star, class, visual magnitude, absolute magnitude, and significance. There is then a page summary describing the star in more
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LibraryThing member markm2315
Professor Kaler picks his 100 favorite stars. You can pick this up, browse through the stars, and learn a lot about chemistry, astrophysics, stellar evolution, spectroscopy, and the nature of the universe. For me, it fills a gap in the books usually used and subjects usually addressed by amateur
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Original publication date
2002
Physical description
xxvii, 213 p.; 21 cm
ISBN
0387954368 / 9780387954363
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