Big Stars for a little star

<p>This book was written by an astronomy professor for his first grand-daughter.</p><p></p><p>It uses a simple poem to describe his work on hot bright Big Stars.</p><p></p><p>Such stars are so bright that their light pushes their surface layers away into stellar winds.</p><p></p><p>And their cores cook the complex elements needed for life.</p><p></p><p>So when they end their lives as giant supernova explosions:</p><p></p><p>This spits complex atoms back out into space</p><p>where with eons of add-ons they made your cute face.</p><p></p><p>Thus Big Stars helped you become what you are</p><p>so are reborn anew in you little star.</p><p></p><p>The poem is enhanced by colorful professional illustrations augmented by images of actual astronomical objects made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.</p>