Harvard University Press , The Harvard Books on Astronomy Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1985 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon hardcover, under illustrated blue dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 210 pages
4 coloured plates and many black and white text-figures 1st edition Contents, Chapitres : Preface, Contents, ix, Text, 201 pages - The X-ray universe - The sensible world - Precursors - Pioneers - The discovery of an X-ray star - The riddle of the X-ray stars - Ihiri : Neutron stars and black holes - The X-ray sky - A telescope for X-rays - Einstein into orbit - First light - Stellar coronas and supernovas - Active galaxies and quasars - Clusters of galaxies and the missing mass - The cosmic X-ray background - Bibliographical notes and index near fine copy, no markings