Clocks in the Sky The Story of Pulsars /
Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once massive stars that ended their lives as supernova explosions. In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy. The story of pulsars is brought right up to d...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Popular Astronomy,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76562-4 |