Résumé
This fully revised and updated text is a comprehensive
introduction to astronomical objects and phenomena. By
applying some basic physical principles to a variety of
situations, students will learn how to relate everyday
physics to the astronomical world. Starting with the
simplest objects, the text contains explanations of how and
why astronomical phenomena occur, and how astronomers
collect and interpret information about stars, galaxies and
the solar system. The text looks at the properties of
stars, star formation and evolution; neutron stars and
black holes; the nature of galaxies; and the structure of
the universe.
It examines the past, present and future states of the
universe; and final chapters use the concepts that have
been developed to study the solar system, its formation;
the possibility of finding other planetary systems; and the
search for extraterrestrial life. This comprehensive text
contains useful equations, chapter summaries, worked
examples and end-of-chapter problem sets.
Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Properties of Ordinary Stars:
- Continuous radiation from stars
- Spectral Lines in stars
- Telescopes
- Binary stars and stellar masses
- The Sun: a typical star
- Part II. Relativity:
- Special relativity
- General relativity
- Part III. Stellar Evolution:
- The main sequence
- Stellar old age
- The death of high mass stars
- Evolution in close binaries
- Clusters of stars
- Part IV. The Milky Way:
- Contents of the interstellar medium
- Star formation
- The Milky Way galaxy
- Part V. The Universe at Large:
- Normal galaxies
- Clusters of galaxies
- Active galaxies
- Cosmology
- The Big Bang
- Part VI. The Solar System:
- Overview of the solar system
- The Earth and Moon
- The inner planets
- The outer planets
- Minor bodies in the solar system
- The origin of life
- Appendices
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Cambridge University Press |
| Auteur(s) | Marc L. Kutner |
| Parution | 21/10/2003 |
| Édition | 2eme édition |
| Nb. de pages | 582 |
| Format | 19 x 24,5 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 1690g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780521529273 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-521-52927-3 |
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