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Astrophysics Processes
Contributor(s): Bradt, Hale (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521846560     ISBN-13: 9780521846561
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $120.65  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2008
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Annotation: Bridges the gap between physics and astronomy texts for undergraduate and graduate students.
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics - Astrophysics
Dewey: 523.01
LCCN: 2007031649
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.8" W x 9.8" L (2.60 lbs) 534 pages
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Bridging the gap between physics and astronomy textbooks, this book provides step-by-step physical and mathematical development of fundamental astrophysical processes underlying a wide range of phenomena in stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy. The book has been written for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students, and its strong pedagogy ensures solid mastery of each process and application. It contains over 150 tutorial figures, numerous examples of astronomical measurements, and 201 exercises. Topics covered include the Kepler-Newton problem, stellar structure, binary evolution, radiation processes, special relativity in astronomy, radio propagation in the interstellar medium, and gravitational lensing. Applications presented include Jeans length, Eddington luminosity, the cooling of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, Doppler boosting in jets, and determinations of the Hubble constant. This text is a stepping stone to more specialized books and primary literature. Password-protected solutions to the exercises are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521846561.
For information on Astronomy Methods: A Physical Approach to Astronomical Observations also by Hale Bradt, please click here.

Contributor Bio(s): Bradt, Hale: - Hale Bradt is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his forty years on the faculty, he carried out research in cosmic ray physics and X-ray astronomy and taught courses in physics and astrophysics. Bradt founded the MIT sounding rocket program in x-ray astronomy, and was a senior or principal investigator on three missions for x-ray astronomy. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Science Medal for his contributions to HEAO-1 (High Energy Astronomical Observatory), the 1990 Buechner Teaching Prize of the MIT Physics Department, and shared the 1999 Bruno Rossi prize of the American Astronomical Society for his contributions to the RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer) program. His previous book, Astronomy Methods: A Physical Approach to Astronomical Observations, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.
 
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