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The Birth and Death of the Sun
First edition
AuthorGeorge Gamow
IllustratorGeorge Gamow
SubjectScience, astronomy
PublishedJune 1940
PublisherViking Press
Media typePrint
Pages280
OCLC804206
523 pp
LC ClassQB44 .G26
Websitearchive.org/details/birthanddeathoft032626mbp

The Birth and Death of the Sun is a popular science book by theoretical physicist and cosmologist George Gamow, first published in 1940, exploring atomic chemistry, stellar evolution, and cosmology.[1] The book is illustrated by Gamow. It was revised in 1952.

Reception

Critical reception has been positive.[2][3] In February 1941, Gerard F. W. Mulders gave a favorable review for The Birth and Death of the Sun, writing that "[i]t gives authentic information in nontechnical language from which mathematical formulae have been completely eliminated. The entertaining presentation of the most modern developments in physics and astrophysics, the sparkling humor, and the original drawings and graphs will be enjoyed by scientist and amateur alike."[4]

In April 2015, physicist and Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg included The Birth and Death of the Sun in a personal list of "the 13 best science books for the general reader".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gamow, George (June 1940). The Birth and Death of the Sun. New York: Viking Press. pp. ix–xi. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Reviewed Works: Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann; Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict; The Birth and Death of the Sun by George Gamow; You and Music by Christian Darnton". Journal of Educational Sociology. 20 (5): 314–315. January 1947. doi:10.2307/2263833. JSTOR 2263833.
  3. ^ F. R. M. (October 1940). "Evolution of the Physical Universe". The Scientific Monthly. 51 (4): 373. Bibcode:1940SciMo..51..373G. JSTOR 17358.
  4. ^ Mulders, Gerard F. W. (February 1941). "Reviewed Work: The Birth and Death of the Sun; Stellar Evolution and Subatomic Energy by George Gamow". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 53 (311): 56–58. Bibcode:1941PASP...53...54.. doi:10.1086/125268. JSTOR 40670486.
  5. ^ Weinberg, Steven (3 April 2015). "Steven Weinberg: the 13 best science books for the general reader". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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