Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy

Scientific American Library Series #64

by James B. Kaler

An examination of the entire process of star birth and stellar recycling, in which one generation of stars sends a portion of itself back into the stellar nurseries to provide for the next generation. It shows how stars thus beget more stars, with our own planet a by-product of the process.

Genres: Science

253 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997