【書名】：天體物理學 牛津通識讀本 Astrophysics A Very Short Introduction 英文原版 賓尼詹姆斯 BinneyJames OxfordUniversityPress
天體物理學 牛津通識讀本 Astrophysics A Very Short Introduction
作者：賓尼詹姆斯 BinneyJames
出版社：Oxford University Press
出版日期：2016-06-01
ISBN：9780198752851
規格：英語/176頁/173 x 114 x 9mm/135g
內容簡介
Astrophysics is the physics of the stars, and more widely the physics of the Universe. It enables us to understand the structure and evolution of planetary systems, stars, galaxies, interstellar gas, and the cosmos as a whole.
In this Very Short Introduction, the leading astrophysicist James Binney shows how the field of astrophysics has expanded rapidly in the past century, with vast quantities of data gathered by telescopes exploiting all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, combined with the rapid advance of computing power, which has allowed increasingly effective mathematical modelling. He illustrates how the application of fundamental principles of physics - the consideration of energy and mass, and momentum - and the two pillars of relativity and quantum mechanics, has provided insights into phenomena ranging from rapidly spinning millisecond pulsars to the collision of giant spiral galaxies. This is a clear, rigorous introduction to astrophysics for those keen to cut their teeth on a conceptual treatment involving some mathematics.
作者資料
賓尼詹姆斯 BinneyJames
James Binney is a highly distinguished astrophysicist at Oxford University. He is head of the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, and has been awarded the Maxwell Medal and the Dirac Medal of the Institute of Physics. A specialist in galactic dynamics, he is the author of three widely used graduate textbooks, including The Physics of Quantum Mechanics (OUP, 2013), co-authored with David Skinner.
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