Author: Narlikar, Jayant
Title: Violent Phenomena in the Universe
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1982. orig.boards. 22x14cm, ix, 218 pp. Textual graphs & tables.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Violent Universe; Gravity According to Newton; Gravity According to Einstein; The Physics of Black Holes; Star Explosions & their Aftermaths; Powerful X-Ray Sources in our Galaxy; Active Galaxies & Quasars; The Big Bang; The Big Bang Revisited; Appendices; The Electromagnetic Wave & the Photon; The Special Theory of Relativity; The Doppler Effect; Sub-Atomic Particles; Types of Electromagnetic Radiation; Catalogues of Astronomical Objects; Fundamental Concepts of Physics & Astrophysics.

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