Böcker av Florian Freistetter

Our own Sun-a source of awe, myth, and mystery for untold generations of sky-gazers-is just one of roughly two hundred billion trillion stars. Together, they're a window into the profoundest questions in physics-overturning, again and again, how we understand light, matter, time, and existence itself. Florian Freistetter explains all this and more, in brief, easy-to-read profiles of the hundred most history-making stars, inviting readers to gaze into the past and future of the universe alongside a stellar cast of scientists- from Annie Jump Cannon, who revolutionized how we classify the stars, to Dorrit Hoffleit, who first counted them. Enjoy your journey through the cosmos . . .GRB 080319B, the farthest we've seen into space with the naked eyeV1364 CYGNI, pivotal in the discovery of dark matter72 Tauri, definitive evidence for Einstein's theory of relativityAlgol, called the Demon Star for its mysterious blinking-and many more!Publisher's note: 100 Stars That Explain the Universe was previously published in hardcover as The Story of the Universe in 100 Stars.

These 100 amazing stars shine a light on astronomy's greatest hits and their enduring impact on our culture. With roughly 100 billion stars in the Milky Way alone, the cosmos is simply too vast for an unabridged tell-all. But here's the next best thing: 100 stars--bright and faint, near and far, famous and obscure, long dead and as-yet unborn, red, yellow, blue, and white (but, as you'll learn, never green)--handpicked by astronomer Florian Freistetter because they have the very best stories to tell: GRB 080319B, the farthest we've seen into space with the naked eyeGamma Draconis, the star that proved Earth rotates on its axisV1364 CYGNI, pivotal in the discovery of dark matter72 Tauri, definitive evidence for Einstein's theory of relativityV1, which revealed horizons beyond the Milky WayAlgol, called the Demon Star for its mysterious blinking--and many more! Freistetter's short, easy-to-read profiles not only invite you to gaze into the past and future of the universe, they introduce a stellar cast of scientists who came before: from Annie Jump Cannon, who revolutionized how we classify the stars, to Dorrit Hoffleit, who first counted them. Enjoy your journey through the cosmos.

Stars have always fascinated people. Astronomer Florian Freistetter tells the stories of the stars - past, present and future.