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Tue 23 Apr, 2013 11:18 am
Hi - I recently unearthed my somewhat battered 1983 edition of 'Frozen Star' by George Greenstein, a wonderfully written book largely about neutron stars. My question is: is there another book on the same subject, clearly aimed at the interested reader, which is as detailed and informative as 'Frozen Star', yet which isn't obviously a physics text book bristling with equations and the like, and which finally is rather more up to date on the subject of neutron stars? I ask this question because (a) I cannot believe there's been a dearth of new discoveries about such stars during these last thirty years, and (b) I am beginning to lose hope after having flogged my way through the internet off and on these last few weeks - all without any success worth the name. Therefore, I would be extremely appreciative if any kindly soul out there is able to point me in the right direction. . . assuming there is one, of course.
Many thanks,
GeeKay
PS. There are, of course, stacks of books exclusively about black holes. Yes, and the interest in them is well deserved, and for all kinds of important reasons. Personally, though, I find neutron stars inherently more interesting, in part because they DON'T conceal themselves behind mantles of curved spacetime, and in part because they appear (if rather weirdly) to be the one class of stellar object that shares some of the properties of rocky planets. GK
@GeeKay,
This is the only neutron star I know.
@GeeKay,
If you want to read a good Science Fiction Novel written by a real physicist you should try Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon's_Egg
He (Robert) described his first novel, Dragon's Egg, as "a textbook on neutron star physics disguised as a novel."