Foundations of astrophysics / Barbara Ryden, the Ohio State University, Bradley M. Peterson, the Ohio State University.

This book provides a contemporary and complete introduction to astrophysics for astronomy and physics majors.

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Main Author: Ryden, Barbara Sue (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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Holy Cross Note:"Reissued by Cambridge University Press 2021 (version 4, July 2022)" -- Title page verso.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Early astronomy
  • Emergence of modern astronomy
  • Orbital mechanics
  • The Earth-Moon system
  • Interaction of radiation and matter
  • Astronomical detection of light
  • The sun
  • Overview of the solar system
  • Earth and Moon
  • The planets
  • Small bodies in the solar system
  • The solar system in perspective
  • Properties of stars
  • Stellar atmospheres
  • Stellar interiors
  • The interstellar medium
  • Formation and evolution of stars
  • Stellar remnants
  • Our galaxy
  • Galaxies
  • Active galaxies
  • Clusters and superclusters
  • Cosmology
  • History of the universe
  • Astronomical data.