[net.astro] Good book on pulsars & black holes

wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (01/04/85)

Over the holidays, one of the books I read was a rather good overview of
astronomical thought on the subjects of neutron stars, pulsars, and black
holes. This book was different from the majority of the recent spate (one
might almost say "glut") of books on this subject, in that it gave an
historical perspective of how the concepts developed over the past decades.
I found it quite an enjoyable and rapid read, written clearly and easily
understandable by a non-specialist or layperson.

The book is: FROZEN STAR, by George Greenstein. 1983, Freundlich Books
(seems to be part of Scribners), 274 pages, $16.95.

Regards, Will Martin