Stellar Evolution: In-Depth Books for Learners

[jamalkoiyess]

hello PF,
I want to know more about stellar evolution and about the end of the star's life.
I want something that is not very superficial as i get bored when the content is not really deep.
Thanks.

 

[Bandersnatch]

What is your background knowledge? Are you looking for a textbook or a popular book?

 

[Ken G]

The bible on that is Kippenhahn and Wiegert, Stellar Structure and Evolution.

 

[jamalkoiyess]

What is your background knowledge? Are you looking for a textbook or a popular book?

I would prefer a textbook, I finished my first semester as a sophomore , so i have finished Calc. 3 and took an advanced course on electricity and magnetism.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I don't think there is much at that level. There's a very narrow window between sophomore year and first year graduate student, so there is little motivation to put in the huge effort it takes to write a book with such a small market.

 

[Bandersnatch]

I think Dina Prialnik's 'An Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure and Evolution' is aimed exactly at this market. As she mentions in the preface, it's aimed at second-year students in the physics and planetary sciences courses.