Fundamental Astronomy [E-Book] / edited by Hannu Karttunen, Pekka Kröger, Heikki Oja, Markku Poutanen, Karl Johan Donner.
Now in its sixth edition this successful undergraduate textbook 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 prof...
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Personal Name(s): | Donner, Karl Johan, editor |
Karttunen, Hannu, editor / Kröger, Pekka, editor / Oja, Heikki, editor / Poutanen, Markku, editor | |
Edition: |
6th ed. 2017. |
Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
2017
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Physical Description: |
XIV, 550 pages 502 illustrations, 36 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783662530450 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-662-53045-0 |
Subject (LOC): |
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Spherical Astronomy
- 3. Observations and Instruments
- 4. Photometric Concepts and Magnitudes
- 5. Radiation Mechanisms
- 6. Celestial Mechanics
- 7. The Solar System Part I
- 8. The Solar System Part II
- 9. Stellar Spectra
- 10. Binary Stars and Stellar Masses
- 11. <Stellar Structure
- 12. Stellar Evolution
- 13. The Sun
- 14. Variable Stars
- 15. Compact Stars
- 16. The Interstellar Medium
- 17. Star Clusters and Associations
- 18. The MilkyWay
- 19. Galaxies
- 20. Cosmology
- 21. Exoplanets
- 22. Astrobiology.-.