Astrophysics in a nutshell / Dan Maoz.

By: Maoz, Dan [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: In a nutshell (Princeton, N.J.): Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Second editionDescription: xviii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0691164797; 9780691164793Subject(s): Astrophysics | Astrophysics -- Textbooks | AstrophysicsGenre/Form: Textbooks.DDC classification: 523.01 LOC classification: QB461 | .M32 2016Other classification: 523.01
Contents:
Stars : basic observations -- Stellar physics -- Stellar evolution and stellar remnants -- Star formation and the interstellar medium -- Extrasolar planets -- Milky Way and other galaxies -- Cosmology : basic observations -- Big Bang cosmology -- Tests and probes of Big Bang cosmology.
Summary: A concise but thorough introduction to the observational data and theoretical concepts underlying modern astronomy,
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.

Stars : basic observations -- Stellar physics -- Stellar evolution and stellar remnants -- Star formation and the interstellar medium -- Extrasolar planets -- Milky Way and other galaxies -- Cosmology : basic observations -- Big Bang cosmology -- Tests and probes of Big Bang cosmology.

A concise but thorough introduction to the observational data and theoretical concepts underlying modern astronomy,

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