Revised second edition for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.
The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was …
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Presents a history of scientific ideas, written not by historians of science, but by practicing scientists.
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The origin of stars is one of the principle mysteries of nature. During the last two decades advances in technology …
: The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will provide more than one order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity compared with any …
This classic text, aimed at senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics and astronomy, presents a wide range of …
Spectacular experimental advances in observational cosmology have helped raise cosmology to the status of a genuine science, and it is …
This fourth edition of Börner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, …
After three decades of intense research in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, the time was ripe to summarize basic knowledge on …
The accretion process is thought to play a key role in the Universe. This book explains, in a form intelligible …
The aim of the inaugural meeting of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics was to address, in a global context, …
This book provides a theoretical and observational overview of the state of the art of gamma-ray astrophysics, and their impact …
The supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way is the nearest such object and relatively easy to …
Providing students with an in-depth account of the astrophysics of high energy phenomena in the Universe, the third edition of …
"Freeman Dyson's latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology …
For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and permanent that can be done …
Over the past decade, astronomers, planetary scientists, and cosmologists have answered - or are closing in on the answers to …
Studies of stellar formation in galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the present and the early universe. …
Variable stars are those that change brightness. They come in many varieties, but each one provides important information about the …
Physics of PlanetaryRings describes striking structures in the planetary rings of Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter and Neptune. In Saturn, the rings …
This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium--the gas and dust, …
DescriptionContentsResourcesCoursesAbout the Authors This concise textbook, the first volume in the Ohio State Astrophysics Series, covers all aspects of the …
Starburst regions in nearby and distant galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the early universe. The book …
Contents Part 1 The general background: The structure of the solar system. Observations and theories of star formation. What should …
The book covers the field of solar system astrophysics beginning with basic tools of spherical astronomy and coordinate frames and …
Solar System Astrophysics opens with coverage of the atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres of the Earth, Venus and Mars and the …
