Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.astro,net.books,net.sci Subject: Good book on pulsars & black holes Message-ID: <6985@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 11:03:18 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6985 Posted: Fri Jan 4 11:03:18 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 01:52:08 EST Distribution: net Organization: USAMC ALMSA Lines: 12 Xref: watmath net.astro:425 net.books:1168 net.sci:268 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