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The Life and Death of Stars
- Narrated by: Keivan G. Stassun
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
Long ago, the magnificence of the star-filled sky and its clock-like motions inspired people to invent myths to explain this impressive feature of nature. Now we understand the stars at a much deeper level, not as legendary figures connected with constellations, but as engines of matter, energy, and the raw material of life itself. And thanks to powerful telescopes, our view of the stars is more stunning than ever.
The Life and Death of Stars introduces you to this spectacular story in 24 half-hour lectures that lead you through the essential ideas of astrophysics - the science of stars. Your guide is Professor Stassun, an award-winning teacher and noted astrophysicist. He provides lively, eloquent, and authoritative explanations at a level suitable for science novices as well as for those who already know their way around the starry sky.
The Life and Death of Stars takes you to some otherworldly destinations, including stellar nurseries, planetary nebulae, the core of the sun, and protoplanetary systems. You also become familiar with the periodic table of elements, discovering how fusion reactions inside stars forge successively heavier atoms, producing some in abundance, temporarily skipping others, and creating everything heavier than iron.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Heidi lattimer
- 24-01-19
This is not an audiobook!
Subject is interesting and well explained except that he spends the whole time referring to pictures and videos.
These are not available in the PDF that is attached, there are no links or anything. You would have thought the videos would be on youtube at least.
Its very very frustrating when being told for the nth time to look at some amazing simulation video. Surely when the narrator was reading his lecture series he must have thought to himself, "Hang on a sec, this is an audio book, they wont be able to see anything, maybe I should describe it a bit more instead."
Plus the first four or five chapters are giving a recap in some very basic physics. E.g. How light works and how telescopes work.
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- Mark B.
- 20-10-22
Loved every minute
The best of many courses undertaken. Clear, interesting and has introduced me to a subject which i intend to do further reading
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- Helen the Hemulen
- 31-12-21
Anthropomorphic astronomy
couldn't get past the "human interest" examples. I don't think it's helpful to recall the birth of a child and compare it to the origin of stars. thought this might improve as the book went on but had to give up. very disappointed
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- davidxela@yahoo.co.uk
- 21-08-23
Great subject lacking supporting material
I love astronomy and the professor here was brilliant at explaining things. But the accompanying PDF in black and white was terrible and supportiwhat he was telling us. I had to Google most terms and pictures being mentioned in order to follow along. such a shame as the course was otherwise really enjoyable
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