Or GraurSupernova (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

The author pulls together a concise history of supernova (SN) science and then discusses what's going on now in a field that's changing all the time. You have to hold it in your hand to truly appreciate the concise nature of the book. While still having full-color pictures and plots. It has key concepts on single pages in a gigantic typeface too, which a lot of the new MIT EKS books have. This is the best MIT essential knowledge series (MIT EKS) book I've ever read through and I have six of them. I uploaded some pictures.Well done and bravo to the author and the publisher! Bring us more Astronomy Books from MIT EKS! With pictures and a glossary, just like this. Make an Exo-Planet book just like this! And one for black holes (BH) and neutron stars (NS) and white dwarves (WD)! This book does have WD, BH, and NS info because, as it explains, they are some dense remnant objects that could be left behind after an SN explosion or be the progenitor of a SN explosion. For a book with 202 pages including citations, the index lists BH on 15 pages and NS on 27 pages, and WD on 26 pages. But one book for each could be great too. There are meaningful notes, not only citations but there are also useful citations as well as a suggested further reading list.Not a huge fan of the cover from a buyer's standpoint. But..I mean as long as it doesn't keep people from buying it. Because it's a great book. Adding a telescope would have helped. Because this red pointy thing on the cover is not how SNs exist in the public imagination, not at all, nor should it be.