书名：Stars: A Very Short Introduction牛津通识读本：恒星

作者：Andrew King 

出版社名称：OUP Oxford 

出版时间：2012 

语种：英语 

ISBN：9780199602926 

商品尺寸：0.5 x 11.2 x 17 cm 

包装：平装

页数：136（以实物为准）

Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star. Our very own star, the Sun, is crucial to the development and sustainability of life on Earth. This Very Short Introduction presents a modern, authoritative examination of how stars live, producing all the chemical elements beyond helium, and how they die, sometimes spectacularly, to end as remnants such as black holes.

Andrew King shows how understanding the stars is key to understanding the galaxies they inhabit, and thus the history of our entire Universe, as well as the existence of planets like our own. King presents a fascinating exploration of the science of stars, from the mechanisms that allow stars to form and the processes that allow them to shine, as well as the results of their inevitable death.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

安德鲁·金（Andrew King）是莱斯特大学（University of Leicester）天体物理学教授，并在那里领导理论天体物理学研究小组。他的工作获得了皇家学会沃尔夫森研究优异奖和粒子物理与天文学研究理事会的高ji研究金。他发表了250多篇研究论文，并且是多本书的合著者。他还是皇家天文学会月刊副主编。2014年，他因研究理论天体物理学的杰出成就而被授予皇家天文学会爱丁顿勋章。

Andrew Kingis Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Leicester, and heads the theoretical astrophysics research group there. His work has been recognised by a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, and a Senior Fellowship of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. He has published more than 250 research papers and is a co-author of several books. He is also deputy editor-in-chief of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical

Society. In 2014 he was awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics.