Forty Ways to Know a Star

Using Stars to Understand Astronomy

Dr. Jillian Scudder

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UniPress Books
18 March 2025

Mathematics & Sciences; Galaxies & stars; Solar system: the Sun & planets

Stars are the building blocks of galaxies. Astoundingly, there are 4,000 million stars in our own Milky Way, and there are two million million galaxies in our visible universe. Stars are simply luminous spheres of plasma held together by gravity, but their age, location and composition are the ciphers that can explain the evolution and dynamics of the galaxy within which they exist.

By: Dr. Jillian Scudder
Imprint: UniPress Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 237g
ISBN: 9781917226011
ISBN 10: 1917226012
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 18 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jillian Scudder is an astrophysicist and Assistant Professor of Physics at Oberlin College, Ohio. She has been writing about astronomy for a general audience since 2013, and her work has been published in Forbes, Quartz, Medium, and The Conversation. Her