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IN this year's Halley Lecture, Prof. E. A. Milne presents us with a systematic account of white dwarf stars in theory and observation. There is no doubt that, in view of their peculiar physical properties and the excellent example they provide for a successful application of modern quantum mechanics, white dwarfs are among the most interesting of natural objects. But this interest arises, of course, not so much from the direct observations as from the derived density of the star and its theoretical interpretation. It is therefore very valuable, at least to the non-astrophysical scientific worker, to have the facts and theories about white dwarf stars reviewed in this systematic way.
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F, R. White Dwarf Stars*. Nature 130, 599–600 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130599a0
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