Title Clocks in the sky : the story of pulsars / Geoff McNamara.

Publication Info.	Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, U.K. : Published in association with Praxis, [2008]
	©2008

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	QB843.P8 M34 2008	Available	---

Description	x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series	Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
	Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy. --from publisher description
Contents	Life and death among the stars -- 1932 -- A new window -- Scruff -- What makes pulsars tick? -- The Crab -- Optical pulsars -- The searchers -- Two by two -- Faster and stronger -- Globular pulsars -- Pulsar planets -- Magnetars -- Seeing double -- Of multibeams and RRATs -- The future.
Subject	Pulsars.
	Pulsars.
ISBN	9780387765600 paperback
	0387765603 paperback