Astrophysical Concepts (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)
Editorial Reviews
From Scientific American
Astronomer Harwit has finally updated his classic textbook to encompass the exciting developments of the decade since its last edition. It is ideal for those Scientific American readers who are mathematically literate and who want to pursue topics covered in the magazine to greater depth. Harwit takes a thematic approach to the subject, oriented around the guiding physical principles rather than the conventional sequence of planet, star, galaxy and cosmos. The approach rewards readers who just want to flip through the book as well as students who want to derive for themselves some of the basic equations in astronomy. Harwit also includes an idiosyncratic sampling of unorthodox topics such as faster-than-light particles, steady-state cosmology and panspermia.
Nature, March 9, 1989, on a previous edition
"The great strength of the book lies in the lucidity and elegance with which chosen topics are quantitatively developed using elementary and clever arguments, instructive problems being distributed throughout, and in the skeptical spirit of inquiry that pervades the writing."
Astrophysical Concepts (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)
Astrophysical Concepts (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library),Martin Harwit,Springer,0387949437,Astronomy - General,Astrophysics,Astrophysics & Space Science,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / Astronomy
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