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Fundamental astronomy

Title: Fundamental astronomy / H. Karttunen [and others].
Publication: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2007.

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Additional Authors

Karttunen, Hannu.

Description

xi, 510 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy. 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. The fifth edition of this successful undergraduate textbook has been extensively modernized and extended in the parts dealing with the Milky Way, extragalactic astronomy and cosmology as well as with extrasolar planets and the solar system (as a consequence of recent results from satellite missions and the new definition by the International Astronomical Union of planets, dwarf planets and small solar-system bodies). Furthermore a new chapter on astrobiology has been added. Long considered a standard text for physical science majors, Fundamental Astronomy is also an excellent reference and entrée for dedicated amateur astronomers.

Uniform Title

Tähtitieteen perusteet. English

Subjects

Genre/Form

Textbooks
Textbooks.

Note

"With 449 illustrations including 34 colour plates and 75 exercises with solutions"--Title page.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-474) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Spherical Astronomy -- 3. Observations and Instruments -- 4. Photometric Concepts and Magnitudes -- 5. Radiation Mechanisms -- 6. Celestial Mechanics -- 7. Solar System -- 8. Stellar Spectra -- 9. Binary Stars and Stellar Masses -- 10. Stellar Structure -- 11. Stellar Evolution -- 12. Sun -- 13. Variable Stars -- 14. Compact Stars -- 15. Interstellar Medium -- 16. Star Clusters and Associations -- 17. Milky Way -- 18. Galaxies -- 19. Cosmology -- 20. Astrobiology -- A. Mathematics -- B. Theory of Relativity -- C. Tables.

ISBN

9783540341437
3540341439

LCCN

2007924821

OCLC

ocn145554715
145554715
SCSB-1444573

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library