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The sun's heartbeat : and other stories from the life of the star that powers our planet / Bob Berman.

by Berman, Bob.

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Little, Brown and Company, 2011.

Sun -- Environmental aspects

viii, 290 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Yon flaming orb -- Genesis -- A strange history of seeing spots -- The heartbeat stops and other peculiar events -- The unit -- Magnetic attraction -- Wild science of the bearded men -- Cautionary tales -- Why Jack loved carbon -- Tales of the invisible -- The sun brings death -- The sun will save your life -- I'm an aquarius. Trust me -- Rhythms of color -- Particle man -- Totality: the impossible coincidence -- That's entertainment -- Cold winds -- Weather outside is frightful -- Tomorrow's sun.

Provides facts about the star at the center of our solar system and describes the life of the sun, from its birth and life as a self-sustaining ultra-H-Bomb fusion explosion, to its spectacular and anticipated future death.

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