Download or read book Cataclysmic Variable Stars - How and Why They Vary written by Coel Hellier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-02-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents numerous illustrations of the observed variability of cataclysmic variable stars. It provides a clear explanation and thorough up-to-date overview of this phenomena at a level accessible to the advanced amateur or undergraduate student.