Overview
- Teaches students to think physically
- Updated and revised and attempts to emphasize for students how astrophysical equations can best be read in terms of the physical processes they describe, while also recognizing the mathematical basis they reflect
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
FROM REVIEWS OF THE PREVIOUS EDITION
"a clear, solid introduction to astrophysics ... that shows how physics can be applied to astronomical objects ... One of the strong points is the problems (that) give students a real feel for the sort of calculations astronomers must do ... were I teaching a junior/senior astrophysics course, this is the book I would use."
AM.J.PHYS.
"This is a popular book among professional astrophysicists, produced with that meticulous detail and completeness of the house of Springer … This is indeed a theoretician’s book [and] Harwit has made a prodigious effort in organizing all this information in a logical sequence … A masterly mathematical exposition of a galaxy of astrophysical processes." Astronomy
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." NATURE
"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." SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Astrophysical Concepts
Authors: Martin Harwit
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33228-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-32943-7Published: 06 September 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2199-4Published: 29 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-33228-4Published: 18 December 2006
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XVI, 716
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles