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Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown front cover Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown back cover Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown inside pages bubble nebula image Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown inside pages Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown and star mug Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown and planets book About Royal Observatory Greenwich Contents Page Great Equatorial Telescope at Royal Observatory Greenwich black and white photo Black and white photo Royal Observatory Greenwich Introduction Text cosmic distance ladder diagram evolution of a star diagram About the author text
Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown front cover Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown back cover Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown inside pages bubble nebula image Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown inside pages Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown and star mug Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown and planets book About Royal Observatory Greenwich Contents Page Great Equatorial Telescope at Royal Observatory Greenwich black and white photo Black and white photo Royal Observatory Greenwich Introduction Text cosmic distance ladder diagram evolution of a star diagram About the author text

Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates: Stars by Dr Greg Brown

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There are approximately ten-billion-trillion stars in the entire observable Universe. That’s a little more than the number of grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. But what exactly are stars? How long do they live? How hot are they? The answers to these questions and many more are answered in the first book in a series of accessible guides to astronomy, written by astronomers at Royal Observatory Greenwich.

Dr Greg Brown is an astronomer working at Royal Observatory Greenwich. In his time in research at the University of Warwick, he studied some of the largest explosions in the Universe and the supermassive black holes hiding in distant galaxies. Combining a love of science, comedy and acting, Greg moved into science communication, where he has been eliciting anguished groans from his audiences ever since.

  • Binding: Paperback
  • Format: 109x178 mm
  • Pages: 128
  • Images: 8

Save when you buy the first two accessible astronomy titles from the new Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates series: Stars, and Planets. Available for only £18.99.

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