Fundamentals of Astrophysics

Fundamentals of Astrophysics
Stan Owocki
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31 May 2021 UK
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9781108948128
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This concise textbook, designed specifically for a one-semester course in astrophysics, introduces astrophysical concepts to undergraduate science and engineering students with a background in college-level, calculus-based physics. The text is organized into five parts covering: stellar properties; stellar structure and evolution; the interstellar medium and star/planet formation; the Milky Way and other galaxies; and cosmology. Structured around short easily digestible chapters, instructors have flexibility to adjust their course' s emphasis as it suits them. Exposition drawn from the author' s decade of teaching his course guides students toward a basic but quantitative understanding, with ' quick questions' to spur practice in basic computations, together with more challenging multi-part exercises at the end of each chapter. Advanced concepts like the quantum nature of energy and radiation are developed as needed. The text' s approach and level bridge the wide gap between introductory astronomy texts for non-science majors and advanced undergraduate texts for astrophysics majors.
Stan Owocki is a professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, following positions at Harvard and U. C. San Diego. He has co-authored more than 300 scientific papers, with his research focussing on mass loss from luminous, massive stars. His teaching at undergraduate to graduate levels includes the development of his flagship ' Fundamental of Astrophysics' course, which form the basis for this textbook.
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ISBN-13: 9781108948128
Published: 31 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Pages: 300

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