PULSAR - 9789490800260

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PULSAR\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 5\u20136 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nTitle: PULSAR\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: APE\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9789490800260\nISBN-10: 9490800260\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nA pulsar (short for pulsating radio star) is a highly magnetised, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. This radiation can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing toward the Earth, much the way a lighthouse can only be seen when the light is pointed in the direction of an observer, and is responsible for the pulsed appearance of emission. Neutron stars are very dense, and have short, regular rotational periods.\n\n------------------------------\nWhy buy from BookCurl?\n----------------.