This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of ideas about the sun and the stars, from antiquity to modern times. Two theoretical astrophysicists

An Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics aspires to provide the reader with an intermediate knowledge on stars whilst focusing mostly on the explanation of the f

Presents a history of physics, examining the theories and experimental practices of the science.

Using fundamental physics, the theory of stellar structure and evolution can predict how stars are born, how their complex internal structure changes, what nucl

Scientific and popular literature on modern cosmology is very extensive; however, scholarly works on the historical development of cosmology are few and scatter