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- The established, widely-adopted textbook for physical science majors that gives a comprehensive, calculus-based introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy and astrophysics
- Richly illustrated with more than 400 images, including 36 color plates, that take you on a visual tour of the cosmos
- Fifth edition offers substantial new material on extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, and extra-solar planets, as well as updates throughout that are a real step up from the previous edition
- Comprehensive approach provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences
Fundamental Astronomy is a well-balanced, comprehensive introduction to classical and modern astronomy.
Aimed at the science student market, this book makes an excellent textbook, both for undergraduates and for graduates just beginning their courses who are looking for an overview. It covers the whole field of modern astronomy in a clear and concise way that is rare in modern introductory-level textbooks.
While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical principles, the text provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences.
This is the fifth edition of the successful undergraduate textbook and reference work. It has been extensively modernized and extended.
Long considered a standard text for physical science majors, Fundamental Astronomy is also an excellent reference work for dedicated amateur astronomers.
It is richly illustrated with more than 400 images, including 36 color plates, and this new edition offers substantial new material on extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, and extra-solar planets, in addition to updates throughout.
Written for:
Students of physics and astronomy, stargazers.
Keywords:
- Astronomy
- Astrophysik
- Kosmologie
- Sonnensystem
- Sterne
- astrophysics
- cosmologie
- solar system
- stars and stellar systems
Dieses Buch bietet eine gut verständliche und umfassende Einführung in alle wesentlichen Gebiete der klassischen und modernen Astronomie. Besonderen Wert legt es auf die Behandlung der den astronomischen Phänomenen zugrundeliegenden physikalischen Prinzipien. Dem Studenten, der tiefer in die Astronomie und die Astrophysik einsteigen will, bietet dieses Lehrbuch ein solides Grundlagenwissen, ein Leser mit allgemeinem naturwissenschaftlichen Interesse findet umfassende Informationen zu einem faszinierenden Wissensgebiet. Die neue stark erweiterte Auflage passt den Text dem neuesten Wissensstand an.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Spherical Astronomy
- Observations and Instruments
- Photometric Concepts and Magnitudes
- Radiation Mechanisms
- Temperatures
- Celestial Mechanics
- The Solar System
- Stellar Spectra
- Binary Stars and Stellar Masses
- Stellar Structure
- Stellar Evolution
- The Sun
- Variable Stars
- Compact Stars
- The Interstellar Medium
- Star Clusters and Associations
- The Milky Way
- Galaxies
- Cosmology
- Appendix A. Mathematics
- B. Quantum Mechanics
- C. Theory of Relativity
- D. Radio Astronomy Fundamentals
- E. Tables
- Answers to Exercises
- Further Reading
- Photograph Credits
- Name and Subject Index
- Colour Supplement
Springer Berlin, 2007, 472 S.
64,15 Euro
Hardcover, 449 illus., 36 in colour
ISBN: 978-3-540-34143-7
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