Searching for the Oldest Stars

Download or Read eBook Searching for the Oldest Stars PDF written by Anna Frebel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Searching for the Oldest Stars
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780691197197
ISBN-13 : 0691197199
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Book Synopsis Searching for the Oldest Stars by : Anna Frebel

Book excerpt: A leading astronomer takes readers behind the scenes of the thrilling science of stellar archaeology and explains how sections of the night sky are "excavated" in the hunt for extremely rare, 13-billion-year-old relic stars and how this quest reveals tantalizing new details about the origins and evolution of the cosmos.


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