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Informationen zum Autor Martin Cohen is an academic and author specializing in popular books in philosophy, social science, and politics, including 101 Philosophy Problems and Critical Thinking Skills for Dummies. Other recent books include a look at how scientists work called Paradigm Shift and I Think Therefore I Eat. He has both researched and taught at universities in the UK, France, and Australia. Klappentext This book brings together diverse work from many different branches of astronomy and shows clearly the synthesis of ideas that has resulted. Zusammenfassung First published in 1988 In Darkness Born brings together diverse work from many different branches of astronomy and shows clearly the synthesis of ideas that has resulted. The book presents the basic physical and astronomical ideas that are adequate for the lay reader to grasp the nature of our galaxy and to understand the way in which it formed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. What does astronomy tell us?; 2. what is a star?; 3. Our galaxy; 4. Where are starts born?; 5. How to recognise the youngest stars; 6. Nature's womb; 7. How and why clouds collapse; 8. Towards a more sedate life; 9. High-mass stars and triggering mechanisms; 10. Planets; 11. Epilogue; Index.
