Highlights of Modern Astrophysics: Concepts and Controversies - Hardcover

Shapiro, Stuart L.; Teukolsky, Saul A.

 
9780471824213: Highlights of Modern Astrophysics: Concepts and Controversies
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471824216 ISBN 13: 9780471824213
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1986

Inhaltsangabe

Thirteen physicists and astronomers, many of them Nobel Prize winners and directors of leading institutes, review the most important and timely issues in astrophysics today. The book stresses accomplishments of observational and theoretical work, and demonstrates how to unlock the secrets of the distant stars and galaxies by applying the basic principles of physics. Conflicting views and findings on important topics are pinpointed, thus revealing the inadequacy of our current understanding in these areas. The book also indicates possibilities for future research in the fast-paced field of modern astrophysics.

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Thirteen physicists and astronomers, many of them Nobel Prize winners and directors of leading institutes, review the most important and timely issues in astrophysics today. The book stresses accomplishments of observational and theoretical work, and demonstrates how to unlock the secrets of the distant stars and galaxies by applying the basic principles of physics. Conflicting views and findings on important topics are pinpointed, thus revealing the inadequacy of our current understanding in these areas. The book also indicates possibilities for future research in the fast-paced field of modern astrophysics.

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Verlag
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1986
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0471824216
ISBN 13 
9780471824213
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
408
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