The stars of heaven - Pickover, Clifford A. (Oxford University Press, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references and index
ch. 1 - Stellar parallax and the quest for transcendence -- - ch. 2 - The joy and Paschen of starlight -- - ch. 3 - Spectral classes, temperatures, and doppler shifts -- - ch. 4 - Luminosity and the distance modulus -- - ch. 5 - Hertzsprung-Russell, mass-luminosity relations, and binary stars -- - ch. 6 - Last tango on the heliopause -- - ch. 7 - Stellar evolution and the helium flash -- - ch. 8 - Stellar graveyards, nucleosynthesis, and why we exist -- - ch. 9 - Some final thoughts