Publisher: W. W. Norton

Copyright Date: 2023

Edition Date: 2023 Release Date: 11/07/23

Pages: 293 pages

ISBN: 1-89101-111-1

ISBN 13: 978-1-89101-111-5

Dewey: 523.8

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Stars. Miscellanea.
Astronomy. Miscellanea.
Cosmology. Miscellanea.
Stars. Miscellanea.
Astronomy. Miscellanea.
Cosmology. Miscellanea.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.

Reading Level: 6.0

Interest Level: 9+

Visit one hundred extraordinary stars that unveil the mysteries of the universe

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 eye
• V1364 CYGNI, pivotal in the discovery of dark matter
• 72 Tauri, definitive evidence for Einstein’s theory of relativity
• Algol, 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.