The Magic of Galaxies and Stars

1987 English Translation from the Revised 1983 Russian Edition, Soft Bound, 200 Pages.

This book is ideal for those who wish to start learning about the intriguing modern concepts of astrophysics: the birth and evolution of the universe, its large-scale structure, galaxies and their clusters, and stars. The book provides just enough text to give a feeling of what it is all about, such as the non-Euclidean geometry of the universe, while the main point is to cover ail the recent major discoveries and novel hypotheses and theories in astrophysics, from quasars and relict radiation to black holes and the neutrino rest mass, the latter having a profound impact on the entire philosophy of the universe. The Russian edition of this book ran into 100,000 copies and is sold out.

Contents: The   Universe, The Origin of the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe, Stellar  Eddies, 

The Birth and Evolution of  Stars, The Evolution of Stellar Systems, "Hidden Masses", Neutrinos, and Einstein's Vacuum).