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♥ Book Title: Galactic Astronomy ♣ Name Author: James Binney, Michael Merrifield ∞ Launching: 1998 ◊ Info ISBN Link: ⊗ Detail ISBN code: 650 ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: arYYRoYjKacC ☯ Full Synopsis: 'GALACTIC ASTRONOMY introduces all astronomical concepts necessary to understand the properties of galaxies, including coordinate systems, magnitudes and colors, the phenomenology of stars, the theory of stellar and chemical evolution, and the measurement of astronomical distances. 'Article James Binney, Michael Merrifield Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Selected Exercises in Galactic Astronomy ♣ Name Author: I. Atanasijevic ∞ Launching: 2012-12-06 ◊ Info ISBN Link: 110 ⊗ Detail ISBN code: ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: CbbwCAAAQBAJ ☯ Full Synopsis: 'Galactic Astronomy is, and for some time to come will certainly remain, one of the more important items in the astronomy curricula. There are at present a number of excellent text-books and monographs covering the whole subject or certain of its aspects.
It seems however that there is not a single book where at least some of the more important problems dealt with in text-books and university courses would be presented in the form of laboratory exercises. This short series of exercises represents an attempt to fill this gap.
What is, in general, the aim of such exercises? As to this point, the author fully agrees with Prof.
Minnaert's opinion that 'No natural science should ever be taught without practical work. Students in astronomy should have regular exercises, not so much to teach them observing skill, but mainly to bring before their eyes the reality of the concepts introduced during the lectures.' This applies to Galactic Astronomy as well as to any other branch of our science.
ASTRONOMY 430/530: GALAXIES. Downloads: Syllabus (PDF) Chapter 1 (PDF) Reading. Galactic Astronomy by J. Merrifield This textbook.
Atanasijevic Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Selected Exercises in Galactic Astronomy ♣ Name Author: I. Atanasijevic ∞ Launching: 2012-12-06 ◊ Info ISBN Link: 110 ⊗ Detail ISBN code: ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: CbbwCAAAQBAJ ☯ Full Synopsis: 'Galactic Astronomy is, and for some time to come will certainly remain, one of the more important items in the astronomy curricula. There are at present a number of excellent text-books and monographs covering the whole subject or certain of its aspects. It seems however that there is not a single book where at least some of the more important problems dealt with in text-books and university courses would be presented in the form of laboratory exercises. This short series of exercises represents an attempt to fill this gap.
What is, in general, the aim of such exercises? As to this point, the author fully agrees with Prof. Minnaert's opinion that 'No natural science should ever be taught without practical work. Students in astronomy should have regular exercises, not so much to teach them observing skill, but mainly to bring before their eyes the reality of the concepts introduced during the lectures.' This applies to Galactic Astronomy as well as to any other branch of our science. Atanasijevic Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology ♣ Name Author: Peter Schneider ∞ Launching: 2014-10-08 ◊ Info ISBN Link: 837 ⊗ Detail ISBN code: 364254083X ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: kcrHBAAAQBAJ ☯ Full Synopsis: 'This second edition has been updated and substantially expanded.
Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei, evolution and large scale distribution in the Universe. After an extensive and thorough introduction to modern observational and theoretical cosmology, the focus turns to the formation of structures and astronomical objects in the early Universe. The basics of classical astronomy and stellar astrophysics needed for extragalactic astronomy are provided in the appendix. While this book has grown out of introductory university courses on astronomy and astrophysics and includes a set of problems and solutions, it will not only benefit undergraduate students and lecturers; thanks to the comprehensive coverage of the field, even graduate students and researchers specializing in related fields will appreciate it as a valuable reference work. 'Article Peter Schneider Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Galaxies in the Universe ♣ Name Author: Linda S.
Sparke, John S. Gallagher, III ∞ Launching: 2007-02-15 ◊ Info ISBN Link: 389 ⊗ Detail ISBN code: ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: N8Hngab5liQC ☯ Full Synopsis: 'This extensively illustrated book presents the astrophysics of galaxies since their beginnings in the early Universe. It has been thoroughly revised to take into account the most recent observational data, and recent discoveries such as dark energy. There are new sections on galaxy clusters, gamma ray bursts and supermassive black holes. The authors explore the basic properties of stars and the Milky Way before working out towards nearby galaxies and the distant Universe.
They discuss the structures of galaxies and how galaxies have developed, and relate this to the evolution of the Universe. The book also examines ways of observing galaxies across the whole electromagnetic spectrum, and explores dark matter and its gravitational pull on matter and light.
This book is self-contained and includes several homework problems with hints. It is ideal for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics. 'Article Linda S.
Sparke, John S. Gallagher, III Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Galactic Dynamics ♣ Name Author: James Binney, Scott Tremaine ∞ Launching: 1987 ◊ Info ISBN Link: ⊗ Detail ISBN code: 459 ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: 01yNf7mipb0C ☯ Full Synopsis: 'Two of the world's leading astrophysicists, James Binney and Scott Tremaine, here present a comprehensive review of the theory of galactic dynamics at a level suitable for both graduate students and researchers. Their work in this volume describes our present understanding of the structure and dynamics of stellar systems such as galaxies and star clusters. Nicknamed 'the Bible of galactic dynamics,' this book has become a classic treatise, well known and widely used by researchers and students of galactic astrophysics and stellar dynamics.
Praised for its modern approach, as well as for the rigor and exemplary clarity with which the authors handle the material in this book, Galactic Dynamics includes classic results and data while also reflecting the many recent developments in the field. The authors maintain an effective style of exposition throughout, keeping clear what is present knowledge and what is still speculation, while allowing the reader to grasp an overview of the subject before following through (where needed) with the mathematical detail. Most of the astronomical community since the late 1980s was introduced to galactic dynamics through Galactic Dynamics, and it remains the most widely used graduate textbook in galactic astrophysics today. No other book gathers together and presents our current understanding of the field in such a clear and concise way. Through this approach, Binney and Tremaine succeeded in creating a classic reference of enormous pedagogic value. 'Article James Binney, Scott Tremaine Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Galaxy Formation ♣ Name Author: Malcolm Longair ∞ Launching: 2007-12-12 ◊ Info ISBN Link: 772 ⊗ Detail ISBN code: ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: e-wJHSBOuZAC ☯ Full Synopsis: 'Delineating the huge strides taken in cosmology in the past ten years, this much-anticipated second edition of Malcolm Longair's highly appreciated textbook has been extensively and thoroughly updated.
It tells the story of modern astrophysical cosmology from the perspective of one of its most important and fundamental problems – how did the galaxies come about? Longair uses this approach to introduce the whole of what may be called 'classical cosmology'. What’s more, he describes how the study of the origin of galaxies and larger-scale structures in the Universe has provided us with direct information about the physics of the very early Universe. 'Article Malcolm Longair Statement.' ♥ Book Title: Galactic Dynamics ♣ Name Author: James Binney, Scott Tremaine ∞ Launching: 2011-10-30 ◊ Info ISBN Link: 722 ⊗ Detail ISBN code: ⊕ Number Pages: Total sheet ♮ News id: 6mF4CKxlbLsC ☯ Full Synopsis: 'Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten.
Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject. This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field.?