Frozen Star: Of Pulsars, Black Holes and the Fate of Stars

by George Greenstein

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Discusses ultra-compressed states of matter, the discovery of Black Holes, and the fate of stars.

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I love this book even though the math goes way beyond what I can understand. Imagine the electrons being stripped from the neutrons and the remaining neutrons then becoming a "neutron soup" due to gravity. It is mathematically true but still astounding. and beyond that is more...
Get the book.
Read the book.
Prepare yourself for a whole, huge trip that illustrates our own insignificance in this universe.
Then value all there is in your short time here.
We are all star-stuff, indeed.

Apr 24, 2010