Cosmic Catastrophes : Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and Mapping the Universe

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From supernovae and gamma-ray bursts to the accelerating Universe, this will be essential reading for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics, and an excellent introduction for a wider audience. This fully updated second edition incorporates new material on binary stars, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, worm-holes, quantum gravity and string theory.