Download or read book Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star written by Isaac Asimov and published by William Morrow & Company. This book was released on 1976 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the constellations and stars, their distance, luminosity, and size, steller astronomy, starlight, and life on other planetary systems, with special reference to the third brightest and also the nearest star, Alpha Centauri.